bring-in
noun1
Card games, Poker An initial bet normally assigned on the first round of a stud poker game to the player whose upcards indicate the poorest hand.
bring in
verbalso spelled bring-inEtymology Analytic form of the earlier inbring.
1
To move something indoors, or into an area.
- Could you bring in the groceries?
- The country brings in raw materials from overseas.
3 more examples
- The causeways were laid as hard paths for heavily laden pack-animals bringing in wool from outlying hamlets and farms.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 58:
- Have a good-sized pitcher of water nearby, and bring the fire extinguisher in from the kitchen, just in case.2004, Victoria Moran, “December 27: The Burning Bowl”, in Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit, [San Francisco, Calif.]: HarperSanFrancisco, →ISBN, page 428:
- Unlike South Heath, where the tunnel segments are made on site, the ones used here are made off-site and brought in by road.2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
2
To introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation.
3
To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation or event; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.
- I've brought him in on the plan.
- Come, Missis, bustle about! here comes Master George, bringing in the Duke to breakfast!1849, [Ellen Wallace], chapter XII, in King’s Cope. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 233:
4
To earn money for a company or for the family.
- BT shelled out almost £1bn for the Champions League over the same period, while the FA has just brought in around £820m over six seasons for the international rights to the FA Cup alone.2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London:
5
To return a verdict in a court of law.