"order of business" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: orders of business [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|orders of business}} order of business (plural orders of business)
  1. A task which needs to be completed. Translations (task which needs to be completed): 事情 (shìqing) (Chinese Mandarin), 任務 (Chinese Mandarin), 任务 (rènwù) (Chinese Mandarin), tehtävä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-order_of_business-en-noun-EtbWVIYl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'task which needs to be completed': 87 13
  2. The sequence in which tasks need to be completed in order of importance or priority; an agenda. Related terms: order of the day, running order Translations (sequence in which tasks need to be completed): 議程 (Chinese Mandarin), 议程 (yìchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), suoritusjärjestys (Finnish), työjärjestys (Finnish), työohjelma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-order_of_business-en-noun-wNPyggUP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'sequence in which tasks need to be completed': 26 74

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for order of business meaning in English (2.4kB)

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