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FCFS

FCFS is the initialism of first-come-first-served.

Meaning of first-come-first-served

Adjective

first-come-first-served (not comparable)

  1. Of a process or situation in which one is dealt with in the order in which ones arrives.
    • Effective March 30, 2006, the State of Virginia no longer follows their “first come, first served” policy regarding allocation of multiple child support orders.2006, US Department of Health and Human Services, Virginia Changes "First Come, First Served" for Multiple Orders

Questions about FCFS

What is FCFS the initialism of?
FCFS is the initialism of first-come-first-served.

Words near FCFS in the dictionary

  1. FCE
  2. FCEs
  3. FCEV
  4. FCEVs
  5. FCF
  6. FCFS
  7. FCI
  8. FCIC
  9. fck
  10. fckd
  11. fcked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: FCFS (page history and authors); first-come-first-served (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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