order of business

noun

a task assigned or to be dealt with: Our first order of business is to reduce expenses.

Origin of order of business

First recorded in 1905–10

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The mail-order business took off, so he closed the magazine and started a record shop.
Can Richard Branson Bounce Back From His Space Disaster? | Tom Sykes | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He acknowledged this reality with all that executive order business, and that was good.
Will Obama Ever Play Hardball? | Michael Tomasky | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She still lives with her parents and now, at least for public consumption, she helps in the family mail-order business.
Why Harry Got Dumped | Andrew Morton | January 26, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Not so with the Enteronol Company—it is a mail-order business and the world is its territory.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 | Various
HERE we have a story covering an absolutely new field—that of the mail-order business.
Fred Fenton on the Track | Allen Chapman

Buyers of fancy stock prefer to deal directly with producers, and the greater part of the business is mail-order business.
Our Domestic Birds | John H. Robinson
I don't blame Weary; he's looking out for the law-and-order business—and that's all right.
Flying U Ranch | B. M. Bower
Yes, mother, I have fully decided I shall get into the mail order business right away.
Bound to Succeed | Allen Chapman

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