Usually means: Basic guidelines established for fairness.
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  1. ground rule: Merriam-Webster
  2. ground rule: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ground rule: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ground rule: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. ground-rule: Wordnik
  7. ground rule: Wiktionary
  8. ground rule: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. ground rule: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ground rule: Dictionary.com
  11. ground rule: Rhymezone
  12. ground rule: FreeDictionary.org
  13. ground rule: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. ground rule: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ground rule)

▸ noun:  (sports) A rule regarding play on a specific field, course, or court.
▸ noun:  (idiomatic, usually in the plural) The basic rules or standards; basic principles.

Similar:
ground, house rule, field restriction, ground game, grounder, ground ball, corner, playing field, groundball, personal foul, more...

Opposite:
exception, deviation, variance, departure

Types:
bylaw, statute, regulation, procedure, more...

Phrases:
Ground rule double, more...

Adjectives:
center, footy, testimonial, out, passing, key, rouge, ace, check, d, pocket

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Similar:
ground, house rule, field restriction, ground game, grounder, ground ball, corner, playing field, groundball, personal foul, more...

Opposite:
exception, deviation, variance, departure

Types:
bylaw, statute, regulation, procedure, more...

Phrases:
Ground rule double, more...

Adjectives:
center, footy, testimonial, out, passing, key, rouge, ace, check, d, pocket



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