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land-and-expand

/ˌlænd ənd ɪkˈspænd/

C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Business noun

A strategy of winning a small initial deal and then growing the account through follow-on purchases.

We priced the pilot aggressively because the whole play here is land-and-expand.

Similar: seed-and-grow

Topic: Sales in Business English

Business phrase

A growth strategy of winning a small initial deal, then broadening usage within the same account.

Our land-and-expand motion starts with one team and grows to the whole enterprise over eighteen months.

Topic: Strategy in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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