Define grandfather

grandfather. v. To exempt a person or company from new laws or regulations based on circumstances that existed in the past. Example: A travel agency might decide to cut outside agents' share of total commissions earned from 60% to 50%, but grandfather those agents with whom it is already working. If that were the case, agents already on the books would continue to earn 60%, while new agents would be paid 50%.

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