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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Origin of order of business

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby order of business

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Words related to order of business

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