The meaning of "in-house"

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Hello everyone.
Could you please explain me the meaning of the word "in-house" in the following passage? I couldn't find a good explanation in dictionaries.
"It also seems that there may be in-house spelling rules for compound ortography; for example, the Chambers Dictionary (Marr 2008) is more conservative in using large numbers of hyphens that Collins English Dictionary (2006)."

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@Nat093,

In-house means within an organization, rather than from another organization, or in the greater world.

Where do you have your printing done?

Oh, we do it in-house, we don't send it out.

In this case, it means that there are rules for compound orthography which are applied within the organization, and without regard for standards elsewhere.

The meaning of "in-house"

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