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Instruction for regular payments
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standing order
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Wikipedia
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__NOTOC__ A standing order (or a standing instruction ) is an instruction a bank account holder ("the payer") gives to his or her bank to pay a set amount at regular intervals to another's ("the payee's") account. The instruction is sometimes known as a ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 A rule of procedure adopted by a governing body for its own internal use. 2 A request made once for periodic fulfillment. 3 Transfer of a fixed amount from one bank account to another at fixed intervals (e.g. monthly bill payment)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. Ordain , Ordinal .] Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: Of material things, like the books in a library. Of intellectual ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The Massachusetts standing order had learned that it could best keep its official establishment by smuggling in some respectable dissenters. ▪ With a standing order you tell your branch exactly how much is to be paid and when.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rule of order permanently in force
Usage examples of standing order.
Even if that had not been Mother's standing order, Livvy was the sort of person who knew the soothing properties of nice hot tea and a treat or two.
In compliance with the standing order of his commander--to report immediately, and at any one of the twenty-four hours, any decided change in the affairs of the deck,--Starbuck had no sooner trimmed the yards to the breeze--however reluctantly and gloomily,--than he mechanically went below to apprise Captain Ahab of the circumstance.
And, most agencies had a current standing order to maintain a high visual profile to reassure the citizens that there was literally a policeman on every landing stage, esplanade, and escalator.
I could not help but wonder whether they were on a legitimate errand or were following some standing order to keep an eye on my movements.
It was a standing order, and as she was ill for two years before she died they found forty-eight Worth dresses that had never been taken out of tissue paper.