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order paper

British  

noun

  1. a list indicating the order in which business is to be conducted, esp in Parliament

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ullom said he tried to order paper shopping bags with the store logo and was told it would be four or five months.

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2021

Some wanted to bring down the government, others wanted to take control of the order paper to pass more laws, others sought valuable Brexit documents from the government.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2020

The order paper was blank and MPs weren't even supposed to be in Westminster.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2020

However, they insist they will not seek to wreck the Tory conference by attempting to take over the order paper, or table new laws and emergency debates.

From The Guardian Sep. 27, 2019

The Mayor writes regarding the sidewalk improvement: Some twenty miles of concrete sidewalks to be constructed are on the order paper to be taken in turn so as to be as uniform as possible.

From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry

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