ruletaker.
One who receives rules made by others and is obligated to follow them.
Meaning & usage
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 backslide into being too much the ruletaker.
Where this word comes from
From rule + taker. Late 20th century. Came after, and was modeled on, rulemaker. Not common until the 2010s.
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