Pottery Barn rule
Pottery Barn rule noun: a policy by which a retail store holds a customer responsible for damage done to merchandise on display.
Noun
Pottery Barn rule (plural Pottery Barn rules)
- A policy by which a retail store holds a customer responsible for damage done to merchandise on display.
- The principle that a country that invades or overthrows the government of another is responsible for stabilising and rebuilding that country.
- Under these circumstances, the United States and its allies acted unjustly in invading Iraq. Does this set of circumstances give us any reason to think that the Pottery Barn rule now provides us with practical guidance?2014 April 24, Don E. Scheid, The Ethics of Armed Humanitarian Intervention, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 138
Forms of Pottery Barn rule
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Origin of Pottery Barn rule
Named after the American home furnishing chain Pottery Barn (though the chain does not have such a policy).
Questions about Pottery Barn rule
- What does Pottery Barn rule mean?
- Pottery Barn rule means a policy by which a retail store holds a customer responsible for damage done to merchandise on display.
- What part of speech is Pottery Barn rule?
- Pottery Barn rule is a noun.
- What is the plural of Pottery Barn rule?
- The plural of Pottery Barn rule is Pottery Barn rules.
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