# grandfathered

Pronunciation: US say "GRAND-fah-thurd" /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚd/; UK say "GRAND-fah-thuhd" /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)d/

## Adjective

1. Permitted to keep operating under older rules, or exempted from a new regulation, because of having been established beforehand.
   - Simple: Allowed to keep older rules instead of following new ones that came later.
   - _Because the factory predated the zoning law, its smokestack was grandfathered and allowed to remain._
   - _Long-time members enjoy grandfathered dues that the club cannot raise._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of grandfather. — simple past and past participle of grandfather
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of grandfather. Use it to talk about letting something keep the old rules after new ones start.
   - _Regulators grandfathered the existing plants when the emissions standards took effect._
   - _Because the building was grandfathered, it kept its original wiring legally._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/grandfathered (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).