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ruletaker

ruletaker noun: one who receives rules made by others and is obligated to follow them.

Noun

ruletaker (plural ruletakers)

  1. One who receives rules made by others and is obligated to follow them.
    • Our organization sets its own standards in various ways, but on the topic of backward compatibility of these cartridges, we are in the role of ruletaker rather than rulemaker.
    • Since Brexit, there is a balance to strike regarding Britain's voluntarily implementing EU standards: most Britons (both pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit) are willing to prevent senseless bureaucratic bottlenecks in trade, but Brexit-minded Britons are wary that Britain be careful not to allow itself to...

Examples of ruletaker in a sentence

  • Latin America has been incorporated into the still-emerging international system—but as a "ruletaker," not a "rulemaker," conclude political scientists Joseph S.2001, Manfred Mols, Internationale Politik, volume 2, number 4, Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei, page 110:
  • Who drafts the code (the rulemaker), and who is regulated by it (the ruletaker)?2019, Vanisha H. Sukdeo, Corporate Law, Codes of Conduct and Workers' Rights (Routledge Research in Corporate Law), Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms of ruletaker

pluralruletakers

Origin of ruletaker

From rule + taker. Late 20th century. Came after, and was modeled on, rulemaker. Not common until the 2010s.

Questions about ruletaker

What does ruletaker mean?
Ruletaker means one who receives rules made by others and is obligated to follow them.
How do you use ruletaker in a sentence?
Latin America has been incorporated into the still-emerging international system—but as a "ruletaker," not a "rulemaker," conclude political scientists Joseph S.
What part of speech is ruletaker?
Ruletaker is a noun.
What is the plural of ruletaker?
The plural of ruletaker is ruletakers.

Words near ruletaker in the dictionary

  1. rulesier
  2. rulesiest
  3. rulesless
  4. rulest
  5. rulesy
  6. ruletaker
  7. ruletakers
  8. ruleth
  9. rulewriter
  10. rulewriting
  11. Ruley

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