Order
Or´der
| Noun | 1. |  order - (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London" |
| 2. | order - a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude" Synonyms: order of magnitude | |
| 3. | order - established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" Antonyms: disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order | |
| 4. | order - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" Synonyms: ordering, ordination | |
| 5. | order - a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order" Synonyms: orderliness Antonyms: disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" | |
| 6. | order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" | |
| 7. |  order - a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"Synonyms: purchase order | |
| 8. | order - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" | |
| 9. | order - a body of rules followed by an assembly | |
| 10. | order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate order" Synonyms: holy order | |
| 11. |  order - a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"Synonyms: monastic order | |
| 12. | order - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families | |
| 13. | order - a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order" | |
| 14. | order - (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans | |
| 15. | order - putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" Synonyms: ordering | |
| Verb | 1. | order - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" |
| 2. | order - make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage" | |
| 3. | order - issue commands or orders for | |
| 4. | order - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" | |
| 5. | order - bring order to or into; "Order these files" | |
| 6. | order - place in a certain order; "order these files" | |
| 7. | order - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" | |
| 8. | order - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" | |
| 9. | order - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
ORDER, government. By this expression is understood the several bodies which
compose the state. In ancient Rome, for example, there were three distinct
orders; namely, that of the senators, that of the patricians, and that of
the plebeians.
2. In the United States there are no orders of men, all men are equal
in the eye of the law, except that in some states slavery has been entailed
on them while they were colonies, and it still exists, in relation to some
of the African race but these have no particular rights. Vide Rank.
ORDER, contracts. An indorsement or short writing put upon the back of a
negotiable bill or note, for the purpose of passing the title to it, and
making it payable to another person.
2. When a bill or note is payable to order, which is generally
expressed by this formula, "to A B, or order,"or" to the order of A B," in
this case the payee, A B may either receive the money secured by such
instrument, or by his order, which is generally done by a simple
indorsement, (q.v.) pass the right to receive it to another. But a bill or
note wanting these words, although not negotiable, does not lose the general
qualities of such instruments. 6 T. R. 123; 6 Taunt. 328; Russ. & Ry. C. C.
300; 3 Caines, 137; 9 John. 217. Vide Bill of Exchange; Indorsement.
3. An informal bill of exchange or a paper which requires one person to
pay or deliver to another goods on account of the maker to a third party, is
called an order.
ORDER, French law. The act by which the rank of preferences of claims among creditors who have liens over the price which arises out of the sale of an immovable subject, is ascertained, is called order. Dalloz, Dict. h.t.
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