a pecking order



a pecking order

the order of importance of the people in a group or an organization There's a clearly established pecking order in this office.
See also: order, peck

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Amor-Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish, Portuguese
Uzi-Hebrew
Peronel-English (Archaic)
Hong-Chinese
Kalyana-Indian, Telugu
Vega-Astronomy