tie-in

See also: tie in

English

Alternative forms

• tie in

Etymology

From tie + in.

Noun

tie-in (plural tie-ins)

1. Something that is related or connected to another thing.
2. An authorized product based on a media property, such as a film or video game, by way of cross-promotion.
   • 1986 December, Max Phillips, “Backlash”, in Your Sinclair:

     So while it might be pretty neat to see yourself as one of The Young Ones, as Dirty Den, Cobra, Rambo, Scooby or any of a hundred others, it's not really enough to cover up for the real problem with tie-in games.

   • 2008 June 30, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “The Baloneyman”, in Homestar Runner‎^[1], spoken by Bubs (Matthew Chapman):

     Brand new for this season! I got the unrecognizable summer movie tie-in sammich!

3. An association or connection between things.
   • 1978 August 19, Tim Cwiek, Karen DeCrow, “Interview: Former NOW President DeCrow Talks About Gay Issues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 7:

     There was really important and unavoidable tie-ins between the two movements. Sexism is the thing that prevents women from achieving equal status in the world and indeed it's sexism that creates most of the homophobia — the fear of people not playing their proper sex roles.

Translations

something that is related or connected to another

authorized product based on a media property

• German: Verbundprodukt n, angeknüpftes Produkt n, Zusatzprodukt n, Umsetzung (de) f, Tie-in n

association or connection between things