house rule

noun

: a rule (as in a game) that applies only among a certain group or in a certain place

Examples of house rule in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That said, avoid this dilemma in the future by explaining your house rules to your niece BEFORE she, her husband and her dog come to the cabin again. —

Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024 Europe’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive excerpt of it for Fortune Global Forum Follow on LinkedIn Fortune Red Lobster CEO secretly visited restaurants around the country before being made boss Jeff Bezos has a house rule. —

Peter Vanham, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2024 Latest in Tech 12 minutes ago Tech - Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos has a house rule. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2024 Logan, as Wolverine is also known, turns out to be a surprisingly obliging guest, politely observant of his host’s house rules. —

Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for house rule

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Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of house rule was in 1947

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