"house rule" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: house rules [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} house rule (plural house rules)
  1. A rule adopted by a particular establishment. Translations (a rule adopted by a particular establishment): huisregel [masculine] (Dutch), règlement intérieur [masculine] (French), Hausordnung [feminine] (German), házirend (Hungarian), husordensregel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), husordensregel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ordningsregel [common-gender] (Swedish), husregel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-house_rule-en-noun-EIwyw5uI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'a rule adopted by a particular establishment': 91 9
  2. A rule used in playing a game that is not part of the official ruleset.
    Sense id: en-house_rule-en-noun-n~LyWF3H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Inflected forms

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