special order


nounMilitary.Usually special orders .
  1. any one of a set of instructions from a headquarters affecting the activity or status of an individual or group of individuals.

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Other definitions for special-order (2 of 2)

special-order
[ spesh-uhl-awr-der ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.

verb (used without object)
  1. to order goods by a special order.

Origin of special-order

2
First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use special order in a sentence

  • The cartridges had been packed in hermetically sealed cases, presumably for export-shipment or upon a special order.

    The Doomsman | Van Tassel Sutphen
  • Her patriotic entertainment of soldiers who required her special order of support and recreation was fast and furious.

    Robin | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • On the following day it was read a second time, and made the special order for three o'clock on the following Monday.