Usually means: Commitment to a specific choice.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word lock-in:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. lock-in: Merriam-Webster
  2. lock-in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lock-in: The Word Spy
  4. lock-in, lock-in: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Lock-In, Lock-in, lock-in: Wordnik
  6. lock-in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. lock-in: Wiktionary
  8. lock-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. lock-in: Dictionary.com
  10. Lock-in: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. lock-in: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. Lock-in: E-Commerce and Marketing Dictionary of Terms
  3. Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Lock-in: Financial dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lock-in: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Webopedia (No longer online)
  3. lock-in: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lock-in: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. lock-in: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (US) 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.
noun:  (UK, Ireland) An illegal but widely-tolerated invitation-only gathering in a British pub, after the end of licensing hours, to allow regular customers the opportunity to enjoy further drinking time.
noun:  (law) A situation in which members of an industry have agreed to adopt a certain standard and have retooled their production to meet this standard, thus making it very costly to change to a different standard.
noun:  (finance) The situation where an investor cannot trade without incurring an undesirable penalty such as taxation.

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