tie-in
tie-in
Definition
☆ tie·-in (tī′in′)
adjective
designating or of a sale in which two or more articles, one of which is usually scarce or in demand, are offered in combination, often at a reduced price, and cannot be bought separately
noun
- a tie-in sale or advertisement
- an article sold in this way
- a connection or relationship
tie in
Synonyms
tie-in
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- merchandize: Or complementary businesses merchandizing tie-ins to in this case quot how the.
- have: They also have a tie-in with The Big Issue, with talented, unsigned artists being compiled for a cover CD.
Preposition: with
- film: It was released in 1968 as a tie-in with the film of the same name.
Adjective modifier
- extended: Moreover, the rate is competitive and there is no extended tie-in after the tracker period.
- retail: Of a million retail tie-ins with either would vastly if you get.
- good: It isn't even a very good movie tie-in.
- other: The associated merchandising created a whole industry of models, toys, games and other tie-ins.
- promotional: They tried promotional tie-ins with the media and credit card firms, and built up to ad campaigns and direct mail.
Modifies a noun
- merchandise: But sadly the market for tie-in merchandise bottomed out, and there have been no goodies available for many years now.
- edition: There may even be a film tie-in edition - whatever.
- novel: The series also boasted a tie-in novel written by Davies.
- period: There are no extended tie-in periods - just the deal the customer signs up for.
- book: The Lost Chronicles is the first official tie-in book to the worldwide hit TV series Lost.
- game: We have no expectations of tie-in games any more.
Noun used with modifier
- movie: The movie tie-in also means that Jedi Knight has some of the best sound effects ever.
- TV: Whenever I read a TV tie-in novel the last thing I really want to get is an episode in book form.
- television: Which just goes to prove that there is no weirder nor more unpredictable musical world than that of the television tie-in record.
- film: Watch out for our second film tie-in activity, which will coincide with the movie's release!
- game: With the release of Batman Begins just around the corner, the gaming giant is almost ready to release game tie-in.
- book: Meanwhile publishers continued to churn out TV, movie and comic book tie-ins in a time when such games were anything but formulaic.
