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noun

Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.

standing orders, Parliamentary Procedure. the rules ensuring continuity of procedure during the meetings of an assembly.

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Origin of standing order

First recorded in 1730–40

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How to use standing order in a sentence

And in order for them to realize their vision, they are willing to use any means.
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Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?
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He could order the Justice Department to begin the necessary regulatory work.
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So, in an unusual order (PDF) issued on New Years Day, District Judge Robert Hinkle clarified the issue.
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However, legal issues are only one of the things standing between an ex-prisoner and a job.
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It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
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British Dictionary definitions for standing order

standing order

noun

Also called: banker's order an instruction to a bank by a depositor to pay a stated sum at regular intervalsCompare direct debit

a rule or order governing the procedure, conduct, etc, of a legislative body

military one of a number of orders which have or are likely to have long-term validity

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Other Idioms and Phrases with standing order

standing order

A regulation that is in force until it is specifically changed or withdrawn, as in The waiters have standing orders to fill all glasses as they are emptied. This idiom began life in the mid-1600s as standing rule; the word order began to be used about 1800 for such military orders and gradually was extended to other areas.

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