grandfathering
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈɡrændˌfɑːðərɪŋ/
- Formal
:
cláusula de abuelo
- The new law includes a grandfathering clause that allows some businesses to continue operating without immediate compliance.
- grandfathering provision
Examples
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The Americans with Disabilities Act is a generally applicable law, even though it too has grandfathering provisions.
Blog text (13) -
Generators of electricity and their allies pushed for grandfathering or related forms of free allocation.
Academic text (2010) -
This grandfathering has been done in all cap-and-trade programs.
Academic text (2000) -
On the issue of bilateral agreements, the grandfathering provision in the Administration's bill makes sense.
Academic text (1992) -
I am sure they would end the grandfathering in a heartbeat if it didn't come with such bad press.
Blog text (19) -
Existing risks are due to, among other things: 1) the requirement that access to high-risk pools prior to 2014 depends on lacking insurance for 6 months before applying, and/or 2) the grandfathering of some plans in existence prior to March 23, 2010 from some requirements.
Blog text (21) -
Many local governments adopted a grandfathering practice that permits homeowners to keep their existing zoning arrangements.
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Under the grandfathering policy, current employees can retain their benefits even after the new rules take effect.
Synonyms
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7.5
An exception allowing existing people or things to stay under old rules when new ones start
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
grandfathering = grandfather (semi-transparent) = grand + father + ing
The formation from the verb 'grandfather' to the gerund/nominal 'grandfathering' by adding '-ing' is a regular and transparent process.
Etymology
Grandfathering comes from an old legal idea called the 'grandfather clause', which let people keep an old right if their grandfather could do it before a certain date. So grandfathering now means allowing existing people or things to stay under the old rules when new rules start.