special order
any one of a set of instructions from a headquarters affecting the activity or status of an individual or group of individuals.
- Compare general order.
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Other definitions for special-order (2 of 2)
to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
to order goods by a special order.
Origin of special-order
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How to use special order in a sentence
The agency denied the special order of consent, although Alcoa may still submit another request.
A North Carolina town struggles under the toxic shadow of the company that built it | Emily Cataneo/Undark | December 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI suspect it was a special order, and that there was embarrassment about failing to give the proper buyer his or her order.
Miss Manners: Unlocking the true meaning of ex-girlfriend’s outburst | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostThe FTC issued special orders to the companies as part of the inquiry in the hopes of better understanding how these firms report their transactions to the federal antitrust agencies.
How a proposed antitrust law could rein in tech platforms with ‘long overdue’ enforcement money | Kate Kaye | February 16, 2021 | DigidayIn an amending special order of 20th July 1893, the age was raised, but the phrase was retained.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbIt is that the territorial business is the special order, made so by a suspension of the rules.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention | Lucius Eugene Chittenden
The cartridges had been packed in hermetically sealed cases, presumably for export-shipment or upon a special order.
The Doomsman | Van Tassel SutphenHer patriotic entertainment of soldiers who required her special order of support and recreation was fast and furious.
Robin | Frances Hodgson BurnettOn the following day it was read a second time, and made the special order for three o'clock on the following Monday.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 | George W. Williams
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