grandfathering
SayGRAND-fah-thuh-ringUS/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðəɹɪŋ/UK/ˈɡɹandfɑːðəɹɪŋ/
- 1Letting people or businesses that already follow the old way keep doing so after a new rule starts.
Like a teacher letting older students follow the old rules while new students follow the new ones.
Because of grandfathering, the old gas station kept its tanks under the new rules.
The city allowed grandfathering so existing homeowners would not pay the new fee.
Similarexemption
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- 2Present participle of grandfather. Use this form for the action happening now or as a name for the action.
The city is grandfathering the older buildings so they avoid the new costs.
By grandfathering current members, the club let them skip the new fees.
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grandfathering is a form of grandfather
grandfather, verb: To let someone or something keep following an old rule after the rule has changed. Full entry
- Forms
- grandfathergrandfathers he/she/itgrandfathering -ing formgrandfathered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- grandfather → grandfathering: add -ing
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