skin in the game en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Attributed by some to Warren Buffett, but Buffett has denied this.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, uncountable) A stake; something at risk, especially with regard to money and investments.
[Ross] Perot has told people they can send $5 if they want to have "some skin in the game" but he does not actively solicit contributions and says he will finance his own campaign.
1992 June 18, Associated Press, “Perot's campaign is wary of fund-raising operations”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, CA, page 22:Companies must obtain accountability across all business functions if they are to harvest the fruits of technology. "Let everyone have skin in the game", Rogow said.
1988 April 4, Alan Alper, “Inertia often stifles new technology”, in Computerworld, volume xxii, number 14, page 67:Supposedly, ordinary depositors don't bother to check the soundness of their banks because they don't actually have skin in the game.
2009 December 18, Megan McArdle, “How Big a Problem is Moral Hazard?”, in The Atlantic:Says Bergsma: "We were flooded with financial types who didn't have their own skin in the game"
1991 August 26, Edmund Faltermayer, “The Deal Decade: Verdict on the 80's”, in Fortune, pages 58–70:At Wednesday’s Europa League final, more than half the tickets have gone to corporate guests and others with no skin in the game.
2022 May 18, Adrian Chiles, “The closer your team gets to glory, the less likely you are to get a ticket. That can’t be right”, in The Guardian:
Relateds
no skin off one's nose · play with house money · no skin off one's back