Lock in
lock in (verb) - make permanent and fixed
lock in profits
lock in gains
lock in a few more gains
lock in customers
lock in users
lock in interest rates
lock in low interest rates
lock in to the rate
locked in to an agreement
will not be locked in until
a decision to lock in at fixed rates
Example sentences:
* "Traditionally, computer manufacturers have used proprietary software to lock in users, who would then find it impossible or prohibitively expensive, to move their applications to other manufacturers' machines."
* "So if you believe that share prices look dangerously high after three or four years, you can decide to lock in to the rate you have picked."
* "With hindsight, it would have better still to lock in a few more gains while stock prices were high."
* "When it's just a few minutes from the steep face of the mountain, the thick cloud filling the valley gently wells up to lock in the cold."
* "This will help to even out the peaks and troughs of investing in stocks and shares but will lock in profits by paying yearly bonuses."
* "But can government policy really lock in these low interest rates?"
* "When the long originally bought the June futures contract at 90.50, he was expecting to lock in a three-month sterling interest rate of 9.50 per cent."
* "We will not be locked in until we sign the memorandum of understanding for those new phases of the project that are scheduled to begin next year."
* "Net income on the group's 52.3 million of net cash grew from 2.4 million to 4.1 million, with the help of currency gains and a decision to lock in at fixed rates last July."
* "This is because the arbitrageur locks in the interest rate when the arbitrage position is initiated, and subsequent variations are irrelevant."
* "To operate an undertaking in public ownership locks in management to a mindset that is "steady as she goes."
* "In other words, a forward contract locks in the price today of an exchange that will take place at some future date."
