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barrier to entry (plural barriers to entry)
- (figurative, by extension) An impediment that prohibits the use, adoption, application, etc. of (something).
The class has a number of prerequisites, so sadly there is a barrier to entry.
- (finance) A cost that must be incurred by a new entrant into a market, but which does not apply to incumbents.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barrier, to, entry.
an impediment to use or application