See Also: Open (good-till-cancelled) order (GTC order)(money)
Open order (good-till-cancelled, GTC order)(finance)
Temporary Order Or Interim Order(law)
Interim Order Or Temporary Order(law)
Not held order (NH order)(money)
DNR Order (Do Not Resuscitate Order)(health)
Immediate or canceled order (IOC order)(money)
Immediate or canceled order (IOC order)(finance)
Not held order (NH order)(finance)
IOC order(money)

order(2) (iou)



order verb. ME.
[from the noun.]
I.
verb trans. Put in order; arrange methodically or suitably; spec. marshal, draw up in order of battle. arch. ME.
order arms Military position a rifle so it is held vertically against the right side with the butt on the ground.
W. D. Howells Ordering her hair, some coils of which had been loosened.
a. verb refl. Conduct oneself, behave. arch. L15.
b. verb trans. Set or keep in order or proper condition; adjust or carry on according to rule; regulate, govern, manage; settle. E16.
K. Amis Dixon..was bad at ordering his thoughts. C. Sagan Direction to human beings on how to order their affairs.
c. verb trans. Of God, fate, etc.: determine (events etc.); ordain. M17.
verb trans. Make ready, prepare. E16-E18.
verb trans. Take a certain course with (a person or thing); treat, deal with, manage, esp. in a specified way. E16-L18.
verb trans. Cause to submit to lawful authority; chastise, punish. M16-M17.
II.
verb trans. Ecclesiastical. Admit to holy orders; ordain. Formerly also, admit ceremonially into a monastic order or to a benefice. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
III.
verb trans. Give orders for (something to be done etc.); bid, command, direct. Also, prescribe medically. M16.
G. Vidal He ordered Domitian arrested on a charge of lese-majesty. Oxford Art Journal Somoza ordered the complete destruction of the parish.
verb trans. Give orders to, command, authoritatively direct (a person to do something, to go somewhere, etc.). E17.
R. Macaulay His battalion was ordered east, to fight the Japanese. Daily Telegraph He was..ordered to pay 150 towards legal aid.
verb trans. Give an order or commission for; direct (a thing) to be provided or supplied. Also foll. by up. M18.
what the doctor ordered, just what the doctor ordered: see DOCTOR noun.
L. Durrell I went to Pastrouli and ordered a double whisky. M. Atwood The Smeaths get their clothes that way..order them out of the Eaton's Catalogue.
With adverbs in specialized senses: order about, order around continually give peremptory orders to, treat as a subordinate. order up in the game of euchre, order (the suit of a card turned up by an opponent who is dealing) to be adopted as trumps.
orderable adjective (rare) able to be ordered M17.
orderer noun L15.