House style

How it is used

Often mentioned in publishing, marketing, and office communication when staff must keep emails, letters, and reports consistent.

Example sentences

1. Before sending the annual report, check whether the headings and dates follow the company's house style.

   Here, house style means the internal writing and formatting rules that keep official documents consistent across the organisation.

2. The communications team revised the template so that every external letter matches our house style more closely.

   In this example, the term refers to a shared standard for presentation and wording, not to personal writing preference.

Common collocations

• follow house style
• company house style
• house style guide
• match the house style

Related terms

• templateA ready-made file with a fixed layout and standard text, used as a starting point so that similar documents look the same and take less time.
• letterheadThe printed heading at the top of official paper showing a company's name, logo, address and contact details; also paper printed with this heading.

More terms: Email & Correspondence

• attachment
• cc
• reply all
• out-of-office
• subject line
• forward
• bcc
• enclosure
• mailing address
• salutation
• follow-up email
• forwarding address