Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An informal reception in one's home.
- adjective Being, occurring, or functioning in one's home.
- adjective Designed for or appropriate for one's home.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A reception announced by a card stating that on a specified day a host or hostess will be “at home” during certain hours to receive and entertain visitors.
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Examples
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They say the companies are billing for an overabundance of long-term at-home services for patient populations that would be better off with more coordinated care.
Home Health Policy Shift Roils Albany Jacob Gershman 2011
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Are you surprised by who took the title and at-home prize?
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I believe we were able to leverage pop culture and food and drink in many facets of our marketing campaign, whether it involved celebrities or the continued trend in at-home organic gardening.
Courtney Reum: Where Food, Drink and Pop Culture Meet Courtney Reum 2011
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The at-home TV experience, he said, is better than ever.
Where Have All the Fans Gone? Rachel Bachman 2012
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I believe we were able to leverage pop culture and food and drink in many facets of our marketing campaign, whether it involved celebrities or the continued trend in at-home organic gardening.
Courtney Reum: Where Food, Drink and Pop Culture Meet Courtney Reum 2011
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If you haven't yet read the two-volume biography of Darwin by Janet Browne, I highly recommend it -- for at-home rather than travel reading, though, as the volumes are large and hefty even in paperback (no pocketbook version, as far as I know).
St Patrick's Day Jean 2009
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Most times, with my at-home bowl cut and baseball hat, my parents would get “What a cute little boy!”.
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The public-private partnership, called the EV Project, expects by next fall to have humming 8,300 vehicles, thousands of at-home chargers and hundreds of commercial plug-in sites in six states -- or 'laboratories.'.
Wonkbook: What matters for jobs; the Tea Parties vs. the appropriators; would more stimulus have saved the Dems? Ezra Klein 2010
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I will embrace my at-home mom-ness enthusiastically, because it deserves my enthusiasm.
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AT&T introduced some pricing innovation earlier this year by offering a bundled plan for at-home and mobile access, and Lurie says it plans to do more.
AT&T Thinks Prepaid Data Plans Could Drive 3G Everywhere 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word at-home
"A reception announced by a card stating that on a specified day a host or hostess will be “at home” during certain hours to receive and entertain visitors." --CD
April 15, 2011