lock-in
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lock-in
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Deverbal from lock in.
noun lock-ins · lockin
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A sleepover party, usually held in a public place such as a church or school, in which the participants are not allowed to leave until the next morning.
The youth group will have their annual lock-in this weekend.
Similar: wakeover
- An illegal but widely-tolerated invitation-only gathering in a pub, after the end of licensing hours, to allow regular customers the opportunity to enjoy further drinking time. He was a lunatic drunk and started sing songs that lasted into the early hours of the morning and resulted in many weekend lock-ins in the village pub.
- A situation in which a business has adopted a certain standard or product from a specific manufacturer and integrated it into their process, thus making it very costly to change to a different standard or supplier. vendor lock-in
- The situation where an investor cannot trade without incurring an undesirable penalty such as taxation.
Talk about this word "lock-in." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lock-in. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lock-in. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lock-in "lock-in." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lock-in.
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@misc{lock_in_2026,
title = {lock-in},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lock-in},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
