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Instruction to bank to make regular payments
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standing order
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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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rule of order permanently in force
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
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)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
__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 ...
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.