Talk:Management buy-in

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So which is the correct spelling? buy-in or buyin? Both are commonplace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.75.188.13 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

There are words that have multiple acceptable forms:

• clearing-house, clearing house, clearinghouse
• cop-out, cop out, copout
• end user, end-user
• get-together, get together
• round table, round-table, roundtable
• second hand, second-hand, secondhand
• touch screen, touchscreen
• trade-off, tradeoff

From a descriptive perspective, if both forms occur frequently, neither is correct, though it is still possible to say which form occurs more frequently.

(though prescriptivists of course would say that it's possible for one to be correct)

For buy-in, the form buyin seems to be less common than buy in or buy-in. --Hirsutism (talk) 12:25, 20 June 2014 (UTC)