made-to-order

[ meyd-too-awr-der, -tuh- ]

adjective

1. made in accordance with an individual's specifications or requirements: Compare ready-to-wear.

   a made-to-order suit.

2. perfectly suited.

Word History and Origins

Origin of made-to-order¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Idioms and Phrases

Also, built to order . Very suitable, as in Her new assignment was built to order for her . In its literal use, this idiom refers to an item fashioned according to particular instructions. [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

Therefore, he started hiring vendors like a “papusa lady” and a pizza guy to come and cook up made-to-order snacks.

From The Daily Beast

[T]he way the Republicans are looking at it is that they think that Hispanic immigrants are made-to-order conservatives.

From The Daily Beast

Others were derided by their contemporaries, as we deride the made-to-order coat of arms of some nineteenth century upstart.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a most interesting example of a made-to-order witch pamphlet.

From Project Gutenberg

But of course the truth about our made-to-order mob could not be kept very long.

From Project Gutenberg

Therefore the company does not include a horse in the preliminary equipment of a "made-to-order" farm.

From Project Gutenberg

They really fitted him,—it was his first made-to-order suit,—and he seemed slimmer and better modelled.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• custom-built
• customized
• personalized
• tailor-made