house rule

noun

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

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The policy update, applicable to all reservations booked on or after November 20, is designed to streamline the Airbnb experience after a slew of customer complaints about unclear house rules and laborious demands by property hosts. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 Checking out of your next Airbnb might be less of a hassle now that the company is banning hosts from including time-consuming chores in their house rules. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026 Airbnb said hosts can now choose from seven standard house rules and add their own reasonable requests. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 The 22-dish menu runs nearly three hours and is deliberately less intense than Anand's Thailand flagship, with a page of house rules on phone use and smoke breaks handed out before the welcome drink. — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for house rule

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of house rule was in 1947

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“House rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20rule. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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