"skin in the game" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Attributed by some to Warren Buffett, but Buffett has denied this.",
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        {
          "ref": "1988 April 4, Alan Alper, “Inertia often stifles new technology”, in Computerworld, volume xxii, number 14, page 67",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "1991 August 26, Edmund Faltermayer, “The Deal Decade: Verdict on the 80's”, in Fortune, pages 58–70",
          "text": "Says Bergsma: \"We were flooded with financial types who didn't have their own skin in the game\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1992 June 18, Associated Press, “Perot's campaign is wary of fund-raising operations”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, CA, page 22",
          "text": "[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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 December 18, Megan McArdle, “How Big a Problem is Moral Hazard?”, in The Atlantic",
          "text": "Supposedly, ordinary depositors don't bother to check the soundness of their banks because they don't actually have skin in the game.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "At Wednesday’s Europa League final, more than half the tickets have gone to corporate guests and others with no skin in the game.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A stake; something at risk, especially with regard to money and investments."
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        "(idiomatic) A stake; something at risk, especially with regard to money and investments."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "no skin off one's nose"
        },
        {
          "word": "no skin off one's back"
        }
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        "Warren Buffett"
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  "etymology_text": "Attributed by some to Warren Buffett, but Buffett has denied this.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "no skin off one's nose"
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          "ref": "1988 April 4, Alan Alper, “Inertia often stifles new technology”, in Computerworld, volume xxii, number 14, page 67",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 August 26, Edmund Faltermayer, “The Deal Decade: Verdict on the 80's”, in Fortune, pages 58–70",
          "text": "Says Bergsma: \"We were flooded with financial types who didn't have their own skin in the game\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1992 June 18, Associated Press, “Perot's campaign is wary of fund-raising operations”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, CA, page 22",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 December 18, Megan McArdle, “How Big a Problem is Moral Hazard?”, in The Atlantic",
          "text": "Supposedly, ordinary depositors don't bother to check the soundness of their banks because they don't actually have skin in the game.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "At Wednesday’s Europa League final, more than half the tickets have gone to corporate guests and others with no skin in the game.",
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  "word": "skin in the game"
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