0 a connection between two things, businesses, etc., often a connection between two products that are related or are sold together: --
1 used to describe a product such as a toy or book that is related to a film, television programme, etc.: --
2 to plan something so that it happens as part of another activity: --
3 to match or work well with something: --
tie in with sth The plan does not quite tie in with the aspirations of the club's owners.
4 a product that is related to a film, event, TV show, etc. as part of a marketing campaign: --
5 the activity of marketing a product by connecting it to a film, event, TV show, etc.: --
It is a tie-in to the 2008 film adaptation of the same name.
Sometimes music from other successful films or hit songs is used as a subconscious tie-in method.
When her piggy bank goes missing, her cartoon tie-in toys come to life to help her find it.
There is a point that may be missed in this respect and that is the tie-in between the completion of the single market and the establishment of a single currency.
There is a tie-in there.
There is a length of service tie-in.
I have particular sympathy for pensioners who are angry when that fact is not explained, and when the tie-in to the retail price index is paraded as a caring triumph.
At the end, there is the tie-in with the consumer.