Re: [Lingo] Buy-in

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

David J Iannucci writes:

 > I would put the meaning somewhere between agreement (納得) and
 > committment. There's some degree of committment in "buy-in", I think,
 > but perhaps only to the extent of willingness to defend the decision,
 > but not *necessarily* to the extent of actually doing anything :-)

To me it would depend on context.  But I certainly wouldn't go so far
as to say "buy-in" requires willingness to defend the decision, only
to promise to not actively resist its implementation.