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or⋅der

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–noun
1. an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
2. a command of a court or judge.
3. a command or notice issued by a military organization or a military commander to troops, sailors, etc.
4. the disposition of things following one after another, as in space or time; succession or sequence: The names were listed in alphabetical order.
5. a condition in which each thing is properly disposed with reference to other things and to its purpose; methodical or harmonious arrangement: You must try to give order to your life.
6. formal disposition or array: the order of the troops.
7. proper, satisfactory, or working condition.
8. state or condition generally: His financial affairs were in good order.
9. conformity or obedience to law or established authority; absence of disturbance, riot, revolt, unruliness, etc.: A police officer was there to maintain order.
10. customary mode of procedure; established practice or usage.
11. the customary or prescribed mode of proceeding in debates or the like, or in the conduct of deliberative or legislative bodies, public meetings, etc.: parliamentary rules of order.
12. prevailing course or arrangement of things; established system or regime: The old order is changing.
13. conformity to this.
14. a direction or commission to make, provide, or furnish something: The salesclerk will take your order.
15. a quantity of goods or items purchased or sold: The druggist is sending the order right over.
16. Grammar.
a. the arrangement of the elements of a construction in a particular sequence, as the placing of John before the verb and of George after it in John saw George.
b. the hierarchy of grammatical rules applying to a construction.
c. the rank of immediate constituents.
17. any of the nine grades of angels in medieval angelology. Compare angel (def. 1).
18. Mathematics.
a. degree, as in algebra.
b. the number of rows or columns of a square matrix or determinant.
c. the number of times a function has been differentiated to produce a given derivative: a second order derivative.
d. the order of the highest derivative appearing in a given differential equation: d2y/dx2 + 3y (dy/dx) − 6 = 0 is a differential equation of order two.
e. the number of elements of a given group.
f. the smallest positive integer such that a given element in a group raised to that integer equals the identity.
g. the least positive integer n such that permuting a given set n times under a given permutation results in the set in its original form.
19. any class, kind, or sort, as of persons or things, distinguished from others by nature or character: talents of a high order.
20. Biology. the usual major subdivision of a class or subclass in the classification of organisms, consisting of several families.
21. a rank, grade, or class of persons in a community.
22. a group or body of persons of the same profession, occupation, or pursuits: the clerical order.
23. a body or society of persons living by common consent under the same religious, moral, or social regulations.
24. Ecclesiastical. any of the degrees or grades of clerical office. Compare major order, minor order.
25. a monastic society or fraternity: the Franciscan order.
26. a written direction to pay money or deliver goods, given by a person legally entitled to dispose of it: delivery order; exchange order.
27. Architecture.
a. any arrangement of columns with an entablature.
b. any of five such arrangements typical of classical architecture, including the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders invented by the Greeks and adapted by the Romans, the Tuscan order, invented by the Romans, and the Composite order, first named during the Renaissance.
c. any of several concentric rings composing an arch, esp. when each projects beyond the one below.
28. orders, the rank or status of an ordained Christian minister.
29. Usually, orders. the rite or sacrament of ordination.
30. a prescribed form of divine service or of administration of a rite or ceremony.
31. the service itself.
32. the visible structures essential or desirable to the nature of the church, involving esp. ministry, polity, and sacraments.
33. a society or fraternity of knights, of combined military and monastic character, as, in the Middle Ages, the Knights Templars.
34. a modern organization or society more or less resembling the knightly orders: fraternal orders.
35. (initial capital letter) British.
a. a special honor or rank conferred by a sovereign upon a person for distinguished achievement.
b. the insignia worn by such persons.
36. Chiefly British. a pass for admission to a theater, museum, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
37. to give an order, direction, or command to: The infantry divisions were ordered to advance.
38. to direct or command to go or come as specified: to order a person out of one's house.
39. to prescribe: The doctor ordered rest for the patient.
40. to direct to be made, supplied, or furnished: to order a copy of a book.
41. to regulate, conduct, or manage: to order one's life for greater leisure.
42. to arrange methodically or suitably: to order chessmen for a game.
43. Mathematics. to arrange (the elements of a set) so that if one element precedes another, it cannot be preceded by the other or by elements that the other precedes.
44. to ordain, as God or fate does.
45. to invest with clerical rank or authority.
–verb (used without object)
46. to give an order or issue orders: I wish to order, but the waiter is busy.
—Idioms
47. a tall order, a very difficult or formidable task, requirement, or demand: Getting the crop harvested with so few hands to help was a tall order. Also, a large order.
48. call to order, to begin (a meeting): The meeting was called to order at 3 o'clock.
49. in order,
a. fitting; appropriate: It appears that an apology is in order.
b. in a state of proper arrangement, preparation, or readiness: Everything is in order for the departure.
c. correct according to the rules of parliamentary procedure: Questions from the floor are now in order.
50. in order that, so that; to the end that: We ought to leave early in order that we may not miss the train.
51. in order to, as a means to; with the purpose of: She worked summers in order to save money for college.
52. in short order, with promptness or speed; rapidly: The merchandise arrived in short order.
53. on order, ordered but not yet received: We're out of stock in that item, but it's on order.
54. on the order of,
a. resembling to some extent; like: I would like a dress on the order of the one in the window.
b. approximately; about: On the order of 100,000 people attended the rally.
55. out of order,
a. inappropriate; unsuitable: His remark was certainly out of order.
b. not operating properly; in disrepair: The air conditioner is out of order again.
c. incorrect according to the rules of parliamentary procedure: The chairwoman told him that he was out of order.
56. to order, according to one's individual requirements or instructions: a suit made to order; carpeting cut to order.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME ordre (n.), ordren (v., deriv. of the n.) < OF ordre (n.) < L ordin- (s. of ordō) row, rank, regular arrangement

Related forms:
or⋅der⋅a⋅ble, adjective
or⋅der⋅er, noun
or⋅der⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. ukase, ordinance, prescription, decree, injunction. 5. regularity. 21. degree. 23. fraternity, community. 37. instruct, bid, require, ordain. See direct. 41. run, operate, adjust, arrange, systematize.
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or·der   (ôr'dər)   
n.  
  1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
    1. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved: checked to see that the shipping department was in order.
    2. Condition or state in general: The escalator is in good working order.
    3. The established system of social organization: "Every revolution exaggerates the evils of the old order" (C. Wright Mills).
    4. A condition in which freedom from disorder or disruption is maintained through respect for established authority: finally restored order in the rebellious provinces.
    5. A command given by a superior military officer requiring obedience, as in the execution of a task.
    6. orders Formal written instructions to report for military duty at a specified time and place.
    7. A commission or instruction to buy, sell, or supply something.
    8. That which is supplied, bought, or sold.
    9. A request made by a customer at a restaurant for a portion of food.
    10. The food requested.
    11. Any of several grades of the Christian ministry: the order of priesthood.
    12. The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest. Often used in the plural.
    13. The sacrament or rite of ordination. Often used in the plural.
    14. A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia: the Order of the Garter.
    15. The insignia worn by such people.
    16. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.
    17. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.
    18. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    19. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    20. The number of elements in a finite group.
    21. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
    1. The established system of social organization: "Every revolution exaggerates the evils of the old order" (C. Wright Mills).
    2. A condition in which freedom from disorder or disruption is maintained through respect for established authority: finally restored order in the rebellious provinces.
    3. A command given by a superior military officer requiring obedience, as in the execution of a task.
    4. orders Formal written instructions to report for military duty at a specified time and place.
    5. A commission or instruction to buy, sell, or supply something.
    6. That which is supplied, bought, or sold.
    7. A request made by a customer at a restaurant for a portion of food.
    8. The food requested.
    9. Any of several grades of the Christian ministry: the order of priesthood.
    10. The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest. Often used in the plural.
    11. The sacrament or rite of ordination. Often used in the plural.
    12. A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia: the Order of the Garter.
    13. The insignia worn by such people.
    14. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.
    15. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.
    16. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    17. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    18. The number of elements in a finite group.
    19. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
  4. A sequence or arrangement of successive things: changed the order of the files.
  5. The prescribed form or customary procedure: the order of worship.
  6. An authoritative indication to be obeyed; a command or direction.
    1. A command given by a superior military officer requiring obedience, as in the execution of a task.
    2. orders Formal written instructions to report for military duty at a specified time and place.
    3. A commission or instruction to buy, sell, or supply something.
    4. That which is supplied, bought, or sold.
    5. A request made by a customer at a restaurant for a portion of food.
    6. The food requested.
    7. Any of several grades of the Christian ministry: the order of priesthood.
    8. The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest. Often used in the plural.
    9. The sacrament or rite of ordination. Often used in the plural.
    10. A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia: the Order of the Garter.
    11. The insignia worn by such people.
    12. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.
    13. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.
    14. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    15. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    16. The number of elements in a finite group.
    17. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
    1. A commission or instruction to buy, sell, or supply something.
    2. That which is supplied, bought, or sold.
    3. A request made by a customer at a restaurant for a portion of food.
    4. The food requested.
    5. Any of several grades of the Christian ministry: the order of priesthood.
    6. The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest. Often used in the plural.
    7. The sacrament or rite of ordination. Often used in the plural.
    8. A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia: the Order of the Garter.
    9. The insignia worn by such people.
    10. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.
    11. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.
    12. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    13. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    14. The number of elements in a finite group.
    15. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
    1. A request made by a customer at a restaurant for a portion of food.
    2. The food requested.
    3. Any of several grades of the Christian ministry: the order of priesthood.
    4. The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest. Often used in the plural.
    5. The sacrament or rite of ordination. Often used in the plural.
    6. A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia: the Order of the Garter.
    7. The insignia worn by such people.
    8. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.
    9. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.
    10. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    11. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    12. The number of elements in a finite group.
    13. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
  10. Law A direction or command delivered by a court or other adjudicative body and entered into the record but not necessarily included in the final judgment or verdict.
  11. Ecclesiastical
    1. Any of several grades of the Christian ministry: the order of priesthood.
    2. The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest. Often used in the plural.
    3. The sacrament or rite of ordination. Often used in the plural.
    4. A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia: the Order of the Garter.
    5. The insignia worn by such people.
    6. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.
    7. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.
    8. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    9. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    10. The number of elements in a finite group.
    11. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
  12. Any of the nine grades or choirs of angels.
  13. A group of persons living under a religious rule: Order of Saint Benedict.
  14. An organization of people united by a common fraternal bond or social aim.
    1. A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia: the Order of the Garter.
    2. The insignia worn by such people.
    3. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.
    4. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.
    5. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    6. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    7. The number of elements in a finite group.
    8. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
  16. A social class. Often used in the plural: the lower orders.
  17. A class defined by the common attributes of its members; a kind.
  18. Degree of quality or importance; rank: poetry of a high order.
  19. Architecture
    1. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.
    2. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.
    3. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    4. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    5. The number of elements in a finite group.
    6. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
  20. Biology A taxonomic category of organisms ranking above a family and below a class. See Table at taxonomy.
  21. Mathematics
    1. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.
    2. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.
    3. The number of elements in a finite group.
    4. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.
v.   or·dered, or·der·ing, or·ders

v.   tr.
  1. To issue a command or instruction to.
  2. To give a command or instruction for: The judge ordered a recount of the ballots.
  3. To direct to proceed as specified: ordered them off the property.
  4. To give an order for; request to be supplied with.
  5. To put into a methodical, systematic arrangement. See Synonyms at arrange.
  6. To predestine; ordain.
v.   intr.
To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.

[Middle English ordre, from Old French, variant of ordene, from Latin ōrdō, ōrdin-; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
or'der·er n.
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Order

Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. Ordain, Ordinal.]

1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: (a) Of material things, like the books in a library. (b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discourse. (c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.

The side chambers were . . . thirty in order. --Ezek. xli. 6.

Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable. --Milton.

Good order is the foundation of all good things. --Burke.

2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order. --Locke.

3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel.

And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the old order into doubt. --Emerson.

4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.

5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.

The church hath authority to establish that for an order at one time which at another time it may abolish. --Hooker.

6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.

Upon this new fright, an order was made by both houses for disarming all the papists in England. --Clarendon.

7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.

In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb.

8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.

They are in equal order to their several ends. --Jer. Taylor.

Various orders various ensigns bear. --Granville.

Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little short of crime. --Hawthorne.

9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.

Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me. --Shak.

The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir W. Scott.

10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.

11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.

Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is hardly recognizable, and also used a modified Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of Capital.

12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.

Note: The Linn[ae]an artificial orders of plants rested mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or agreement in some one character. Natural orders are groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several tribes.

13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.

14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.

Artificial order or system. See Artificial classification, under Artificial, and Note to def. 12 above.

Close order (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a distance of about half a pace between them; with a distance of about three yards the ranks are in open order.

The four Orders, The Orders four, the four orders of mendicant friars. See Friar. --Chaucer.

General orders (Mil.), orders issued which concern the whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction from special orders.

Holy orders. (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10 above. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring a special grace on those ordained.

In order to, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.

The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use in order to our eternal happiness. --Tillotson.

Minor orders (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper.

Money order. See under Money.

Natural order. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.

Order book. (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered. (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all orders are recorded for the information of officers and men. (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed orders must be entered. [Eng.]

Order in Council, a royal order issued with and by the advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]

Order of battle (Mil.), the particular disposition given to the troops of an army on the field of battle.

Order of the day, in legislative bodies, the special business appointed for a specified day.

Order of a differential equation (Math.), the greatest index of differentiation in the equation.

Sailing orders (Naut.), the final instructions given to the commander of a ship of war before a cruise.

Sealed orders, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a ship is at sea.

Standing order. (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of parliamentary business. (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer temporarily in command.

To give order, to give command or directions. --Shak.

To take order for, to take charge of; to make arrangements concerning.

Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.

Syn: Arrangement; management. See Direction.

Order

Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordered; p pr. & vb. n. Ordering.] [From Order, n.]

1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.

To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps. 1. 23.

Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. --Milton.

2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.

3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.

4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

These ordered folk be especially titled to God. --Chaucer.

Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Order arms (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought to a position with its but resting on the ground; also, the position taken at such a command.

Order

Or"der\, v. i. To give orders; to issue commands.
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order

In biology, the classification lower than a class and higher than a family. Dogs and cats belong to the order of carnivores; human beings, monkeys, and apes belong to the order of primates. Flies and mosquitoes belong to the same order; so do birch trees and oak trees. (See Linnean classification.)

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order  (n.)
c.1225, "body of persons living under a religious discipline," from O.Fr. ordre (11c.), from earlier ordene, from L. ordinem (nom. ordo) "row, rank, series, arrangement," originally "a row of threads in a loom," from Italic root *ored(h)- "to arrange, arrangement" (cf. ordiri "to begin to weave," e.g. in primordial), of unknown origin. Meaning "a rank in the (secular) community" is first recorded c.1300; meaning "command, directive" is first recorded 1548, from the notion of "to keep in order." Military and honorary orders grew our of the fraternities of Crusader knights. Business and commerce sense is attested from 1837. In natural history, as a classification of living things, it is first recorded 1760. Meaning "condition of a community which is under the rule of law" is from 1483. Phrase in order to (1655) preserves etymological notion of "sequence." The word reflects a very medieval notion: "a system of parts subject to certain uniform, established ranks or proportions," and was used of everything from architecture to angels. The verb is c.1240, from the noun. In short order "without delay" is from 1834, Amer.Eng.; order of battle is from 1769.
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Order

The instruction, by a customer to a brokerage, for the purchase or sale of a security with specific conditions.

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order

A customer's instructions to buy or sell securities.

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Main Entry: or·der
Function: noun
1 : a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority order>
2 : an established mode or state of procedure order>
3 a : a mandate from a superior authority —see also EXECUTIVE ORDER b : a ruling or command made by a competent administrative authority; specifically : one resulting from administrative adjudication and subject to judicial review and enforcement order may not be inconsistent with the Constitution —Wells v. State, 654 So. Second 145 (1995)> c : an authoritative command issued by the court order and was jailed for contempt>
cease–and–de·sist order
/"sEs-&nd-di-'zist-, -'sist-/
: an order from a court or quasi-judicial tribunal to stop engaging in a particular activity or practice (as an unfair labor practice) —compare INJUNCTION, MANDAMUS, STAY
consent order
: an agreement of litigating parties that by consent takes the form of a court order
final order
: an order of a court or quasi-judicial tribunal which leaves nothing further to be determined or accomplished in that forum except execution of the judgment and from which an appeal will lie
gag order
: an order barring public disclosure or discussion (as by the involved parties or the press) of information relating to a case
order to show cause
: an order requiring the prospective object of a legal action to show cause why that action should not take place called also show cause order
pretrial order
: a court order setting out the rulings, stipulations, and other actions taken at a pretrial conference
protection order
: RESTRAINING ORDER 2 in this entry
protective order
: an order issued for the protection of a particular party: as a : an order that limits, denies, or defers discovery by a party in order to prevent undue embarrassment, expense, oppression, or disclosure of trade secrets b : RESTRAINING ORDER 2 in this entry
qualified domestic relations order
: an order, decree, or judgment that satisfies the criteria set out in section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code for the payment of all or part of individual pension, profit sharing, or retirement benefits usually to a divorcing spouse (as for alimony or child support)
NOTE: The alienation or assignment of funds under a qualified domestic relations order does not affect the tax status of the plan from which such funds are paid.
re·strain·ing order
/ri-'strA-ni[ng]-/
1 : TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER 1 in this entry
2 : an order of a specified duration issued after a hearing attended by all parties that is intended to protect one individual from violence, abuse, harassment, or stalking by another esp. by prohibiting or restricting access or proximity to the protected party restraining order issued because of domestic violence> called also protection order protective order —compare TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER 2 in this entry
show cause order
: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE in this entry
tem·po·rary restraining order
1 : an order of brief duration that is issued ex parte to protect the plaintiff's rights from immediate and irreparable injury by preserving a situation or preventing an act until a hearing for a preliminary injunction can be held
2 : a protective order issued ex parte for a brief period prior to a hearing on a restraining order attended by both parties and intended to provide immediate protection from violence or threatened violence
turn·over order
/'t&r-"nO-v&r-/
: an order commanding one party to turn over property to another; especially : an order commanding a judgment debtor to turn over assets to a judgment creditor <turnover order in aid of execution —California Code of Civil Procedure> c : a command issued by a military superior
4 a : a direction regarding the party to whom a negotiable instrument shall be paid order of John Doe> —see also MONEY ORDER, NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT b : an instruction or authorization esp. to buy or sell goods or securities or to perform work order> order>
alternative order
: an order to a broker in which alternative methods of carrying out the order (as by buying or selling) are set forth
open order
1 : an order to buy securities or commodity futures that remains effective until filled or canceled
2 : an order for merchandise expressed in very general terms so that the seller has considerable latitude in selecting the articles actually provided
stop order
: an order to a broker to buy or sell a security when the price advances or declines to a designated level c : goods or items bought or sold order was received in good condition>—to order : according to the specifications of an order esp. of a bearer or endorsee to order>

Main Entry: order
Function: adjective
: payable to a named person or to an individual that person names by an endorsement <order instrument> —compare BEARER
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Main Entry: 1or·der
Pronunciation: 'ord-&r
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: or·dered; or·der·ing /'ord-(&-)ri[ng]/
: to give a prescription for : PRESCRIBE ordered rest and exercise>

Main Entry: 2order
Function: noun
: a category of taxonomic classification ranking above the family and below the class
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order or·der (ôr'dər)
n.
A taxonomic category of organisms ranking above a family and below a class.

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order   (ôr'dər)  Pronunciation Key 
A group of organisms ranking above a family and below a class. See Table at taxonomy.
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order

In addition to the idioms beginning with order, also see apple-pie order; back order; call to order; in order; in short order; just what the doctor ordered; law and order; made to order; marching orders; on order; on the order of; out of order; pecking order; put one's house in order; short order; standing orders; tall order; to order.

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