bake in
To include something in a plan or product so completely that you can't take it out later, like ingredients in a cake.
Meanings
To permanently and deeply embed an assumption, feature, or value into a plan, system, or product.
"The developers baked in security protocols from the very beginning of the app's design."
To cook something inside another food item in an oven.
"She baked the filling in to create a sealed, golden pie."
(Finance/markets) To already reflect or price in a future event or expectation.
"Analysts say the interest rate rise is already baked in to the current stock prices."
Widely used in business, technology, and policy contexts. The metaphor draws on the irreversibility of baking — once something is baked in, you cannot remove it. Common in American English.
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