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A regulation that is in force until it is specifically changed or withdrawn, as in The waiters have standing orders to fill all glasses as they are emptied.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.
See also: order, standing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VladimÍR-Czech, Slovak
Lochlainn-Irish
Klaudija-Croatian
EseAY-səFrisian
Gayle[geil]
Xolani-Southern African, Zulu