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standing order

noun

Military.��(formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
Parliamentary Procedure.��standing orders, the rules ensuring continuity of procedure during the meetings of an assembly.

standing order

noun

Also called: banker's order.��an instruction to a bank by a depositor to pay a stated sum at regular intervals Compare 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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of standing order¹

First recorded in 1730–40

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Idioms and Phrases

A regulation that is in force until it is specifically changed or withdrawn, as in The waiters have standing orders to fill all glasses as they are emptied.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.

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The company also offers a 2% discount for customers paying by standing order, it said.

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If the Democrats had a strong leader, he or she would have one standing order: Grieve later, learn from the defeat and reorganize to fight back now.

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Those documents are still being analysed but the campaign says they show there were standing orders for repeated blood and urine tests of military personnel and Indigenous communities at the test sites.

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It says direct debits and standing orders are working normally.

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His group tried to get the FDA to approve a shortcut similar to the standing orders that enable pharmacists to deliver anti-influenza medications when there are flu outbreaks in nursing homes, Worz said.

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stand in good stead standing orders

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