Definition: order
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
order
n 1: (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: 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" [syn: order of magnitude]
3: established customary state (especially of society); "order
ruled in the streets"; "law and order" [ant: disorder]
4: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of
their presentation" [syn: ordering]
5: a condition of regular or proper arrangement: "he put his
desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
[syn: orderliness] [ant: disorderliness, disorderliness]
6: 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" [syn: decree, edict, fiat, rescript]
7: a commercial document used to request someone to supply
something in return for payment; "IBM received an order
for a hundred computers" [syn: purchase order]
8: 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" [syn: club, society, guild, gild, lodge]
9: a body of rules followed by an assembly [syn: rules of
order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure]
10: (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
11: a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant
or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
12: putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of
items on the list" [syn: ordering]
v 1: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something; "I
said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the
shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
[syn: tell, enjoin, say]
2: make a request for something; "Order me some flowers";
"order a work stoppage"
3: issue commands or orders for [syn: prescribe, dictate]
4: impose regulations on [syn: regulate, regularize, govern]
[ant: deregulate]
5: bring order to or into; "Order these files" [ant: disorder]
6: place in a certain order; "order these files"
7: of clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" [syn: ordain,
consecrate]
8: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
schedule;" "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, put]
9: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these
students?" [syn: rate, rank, range, grade, place]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Series \Se"ries\, n.
1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group
of families showing certain structural or morphological
relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some
writers, and to the order of many modern systematists.
2. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a
circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form
a single path for the current; -- opposed to parallel.
The parts so arranged are said to be
in series.
3. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. Ordain, Ordinal.] 1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: (a) Of material things, like the books in a library. (b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. (c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like. The side chambers were . . . thirty in order. --Ezek. xli. 6. Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable. --Milton. Good order is the foundation of all good things. --Burke. 2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order. --Locke. 3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel. And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the old order into doubt. --Emerson. 4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly. 5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate. The church hath authority to establish that for an order at one time which at another time it may abolish. --Hooker. 6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction. Upon this new fright, an order was made by both houses for disarming all the papists in England. --Clarendon. 7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large. In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb. 8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order. They are in equal order to their several ends. --Jer. Taylor. Various orders various ensigns bear. --Granville. Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little short of crime. --Hawthorne.
Order \Or"der\, v. i. To give orders; to issue commands.
Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordered; p pr. & vb. n. Ordering.] [From Order, n.] 1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule. To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps. 1. 23. Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. --Milton. 2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance. 3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries. 4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry. These ordered folk be especially titled to God. --Chaucer. Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Order arms (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought to a position with its but resting on the ground; also, the position taken at such a command.
Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
constituent elements into which all contracts are
resolved.
Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or
order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
This engagement is usually made by writing the word
``accepted'' across the face of the bill.
Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an
intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
the transaction.
6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under
Accept.
