抱だき合あわせ販はん売ばい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

tie-in sale; product bundle

Refers to the practice of selling a product or service together with another, often as a condition of purchase. Can be used in both neutral and negative contexts, especially when the bundling is forced.

• このソフトは抱だき合あわせ販はん売ばいで、パソコンと一いっ緒しょにしか買かえません。

  This software is sold as a tie-in and can only be purchased together with a computer.

• 抱だき合あわせ販はん売ばいは、独どく占せん禁きん止し法ほうに違い反はんする場ば合あいがあります。

  Tie-in sales may violate antitrust laws in some cases.