order of business

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noun

a task assigned or to be dealt with: Our first order of business is to reduce expenses.

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RELATED WORDS

agenda, calendar, docket, frame, schedule, time, timetable, lineup, schema

Nearby words

order arms, order bill of lading, order in council, order of australia, order of battle, order of business, order of canada, order of magnitude, order of merit, order of military merit, order of the day

Origin of order of business

First recorded in 1905–10

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