standing orders
1standing orders — [plural] ► MEETINGS rules that say how an organization or a company should organize its meetings: »The chairman claimed that any action he had taken was in keeping with the standing orders of a council meeting . Main Entry: ↑standing order …
2standing orders — see under ↑stand • • • Main Entry: ↑order …
3standing orders — rulings governing the procedures of a parliament, council, etc. → standing order …
4standing orders — military instructions that determine operation procedures for regular issues …
5suspension of standing orders — noun the decision of a house of parliament to operate, usually for a short period of time, not in accordance with standing orders so as to accommodate some unusual request or urgent discussion …
6standing orders for operations — set procedures, commands that are performed and followed regularly; regular battle equipment …
7standing order — ˌstanding ˈorder noun 1. [countable, uncountable] BANKING an arrangement between a bank and a customer for the bank to pay a fixed amount of money regularly from the customer s bank account to another account; = BANKER S ORDER: • Customers can… …
8standing order — noun 1. ) count a rule in the military that must always be obeyed until another rule officially changes it: We have standing orders not to fire. 2. ) count a rule that says how a committee or institution should operate 3. ) BRITISH an AUTOMATIC… …
9standing order — standing orders N COUNT: also by N A standing order is an instruction to your bank to pay a fixed amount of money to someone at regular times. [BRIT] …
10standing order — ► NOUN 1) Brit. an instruction to a bank to make regular fixed payments to someone. 2) Brit. an order placed on a regular basis with a retailer. 3) (standing orders) rulings governing the procedures of a parliament, council, etc …