the way that you are expected to dress in a particular situation, especially as an employee of a particular company:
• The company liberalized its dress code to allow women to wear slacks (= trousers ) to the office.
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dress code UK US noun [C, usually singular] WORKPLACE
► an accepted way of dressing for a particular occasion or in a particular situation: »
the company's dress code
Financial and business terms. 2012.