in-house

[ adjective in-hous; adverb in-hous ]
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adjective, adverb
  1. within, conducted within, or utilizing an organization's own staff or resources rather than external or nonstaff facilities: in-house research; Was the ad created in-house or by an outside advertising agency?

Origin of in-house

1
First recorded in 1955–60

Words Nearby in-house

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How to use in-house in a sentence

  • It was a delightful party, a credit to Ben, Betty and the finest built-in house robots the mind of Amalgamated could devise.

    The Real Hard Sell | William W Stuart
  • The point is that the freight would have but one transfer—at the in-house of the Columbus terminals.

    Our Railroads To-Morrow | Edward Hungerford
  • When five nights had passed, while guard was being kept in the lying-in-house, on the sixth night a cloud suddenly came there.

    The Kath Sarit Sgara | Somadeva Bhatta
  • Yugoslavia was rather self sufficient and conducted much of its value added and trading activities in-house.

    After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
  • How love made its way into a walled-in house and a walled-in heart.

    Glory of Youth | Temple Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for in-house

in-house

adjective, adverb
  1. within an organization or group: an in-house job; the job was done in-house

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