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in house en · ADJ

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English in house.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Belonging to or part of an organization; internal.

Forms

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in house en · ADV

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English in house.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Occurring within an establishment, using existing personnel, facilities, and supplies, as opposed to at some external supplier or customer.
   • Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers. 2009, J. Adamson, Max Reinhardt: A Life in Publishing, page 71:
   • We like to keep our product and process development in house to help protect our intellectual property rights.
   • All of the Disney World character costumes were developed in house, using materials like rubber for Mickey Mouse's face and crushed velvet for his black fur.

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