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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
51Թ 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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