To try, in public, to attract people into a business establishment.
Origin
English wave + in. From Middle English waven, from Old English wafian ("to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder"), from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ("to move to and from, wander").
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