| 单词 | standing order |
| 释义 | standing orderSEE SYNONYMS FOR standing order ON THESAURUS.COM nounMilitary. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure. standing orders, Parliamentary Procedure. the rules ensuring continuity of procedure during the meetings of an assembly. Origin of standing orderFirst recorded in 1730–40 Words nearby standing orderstanding cypress, standing desk, standing joke, standing on one's head, stand in good stead, standing order, standing orders, standing rigging, standing room, standing wave, standish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for standing order
British Dictionary definitions for standing orderstanding order nounAlso called: banker's order an instruction to a bank by a depositor to pay a stated sum at regular intervalsCompare direct debit a rule or order governing the procedure, conduct, etc, of a legislative body military one of a number of orders which have or are likely to have long-term validity Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with standing orderstanding order A regulation that is in force until it is specifically changed or withdrawn, as in The waiters have standing orders to fill all glasses as they are emptied. This idiom began life in the mid-1600s as standing rule; the word order began to be used about 1800 for such military orders and gradually was extended to other areas. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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