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)

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In Classical architecture, any of several styles defined by the particular type of column, base, capital, and entablature they use.

There are five major orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian (all developed in Greece), and Tuscan and Composite (developed in Rome). The form of the capital is an order's most distinguishing characteristic. Both the Doric and Ionic orders originated in wooden temples. The Doric is squat and simple. The Ionic, distinguished by the scrolls, or volutes, on its capital, resembles a capital I. The Corinthian capital is more ornate, with carved acanthus leaves and scrolls. The Romans modified the Greek orders to produce the Tuscan (a simplified form of the Doric) and Composite (a combination of the Ionic and Corinthian) orders. See also colossal order.