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lock-in
[lok-in]
noun
an act or instance of becoming unalterable, unmovable, or rigid.
commitment, binding, or restriction.
lock-in
noun
an illegal session of selling alcohol in a bar after the time when it should, by law, be closed
Word History and Origins
Origin of lock in1
Idioms and Phrases
Enclose, surround, as in The ship was completely locked in ice . [c. 1400s]
Also, lock into . Fix firmly in position, commit to something. This phrase often occurs as , as in She felt she was locked in a binding agreement , or Many of the stockholders are locked into their present positions . [Mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
“The DeepSeek announcement should prompt regulators all across the country to feel empowered to rigorously interrogate forecasts used to justify lock-in of fossil fuel infrastructure,” Julie McNamara, deputy policy director with the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told Salon.
“Fossil fuel companies are seizing this moment to attempt a blatant end-run around critical climate and public health standards to lock-in new gas infrastructure for decades to come,” McNamara said.
Dr Colin Church, who led an independent review of incineration for the Scottish government which resulted in the ban, said: “‘Lock-in’ is a real issue, the energy-from-waste sector swears blind it’s not, but it is.”
Unlike other ways the government might provide aid after a disaster, flood insurance subsidy is a place-based recovery program that is designed to keep people in their communities, which can produce a lock-in effect.
The result is the so-called “lock-in effect” keeping people from listing their homes for sale.
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