Question of the Day #1097

Law Firms Offer Income Partners ‘Skin in the Game’ With Partial Equity Status

From the headline of this article at Law.com.

  上記の文で、skin in the gameの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "skin in the game" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈話〉成果を得るための投資、個人的な関与◆企業などで高い地位にいる者が事業を成功させるために自費をつぎ込んだりすることを指す

上記の説明にある「高い地位にいる者」を気にすることはないと思います。普通の人でも、何かに自分の利害が絡んでいる場合に使用できるイディオムです。  

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To have a personal investment, usually monetary, in the pursuit of some goal or achievement, especially in business and finance.

 

Examples

• If you want to find a company that is truly motivated to succeed, find one where all the executives have skin in the game.
• If people have skin in the game, preventable costs fall.
• A debate has been rumbling over how to ensure that lenders have more skin in the game.
• None of these guys have any skin in the game.
• Full disclosure, I have skin in this game.

   

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