Dictionary

house rule en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A rule adopted by a particular establishment.
   • A house rule was put into effect which set aside certain hours when the hall was to be used by white patrons only. 2000, Charles Staples Magnum, The Legal Status of the Negro:
   • There were a couple of strict house rules: no playing on the billiard table, which we had damaged twice; and no talking in bed. 2000, Anthony Bailey, America Lost and Found: An English Boy's Wartime Adventure in the New World:
2. A rule used in playing a game that is not part of the official ruleset.

Forms

Translations (10)

sv ordningsregel (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · nn husordensregel (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · sv husregel (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · da husorden (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · nl huisregel (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · hu házirend (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · de Hausordnung (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · nb husordensregel (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · da husregel (a rule adopted by a particular establishment) · fr règlement intérieur (a rule adopted by a particular establishment)