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one-window

one-window adjective: describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied by a single server, without waiting in a second queue.

Adjective

one-window (not comparable)

  1. Describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied by a single server, without waiting in a second queue.
    • Why could Alberta Registries not have delivered one-window shopping, better hours and better locations, and nonbureaucratic service directly, using public servants?1995, Trevor Harrison with Gordon Laxer, The Trojan Horse: Alberta and the Future of Canada, page 107
    • At a local microlevel 'one-stop' or 'one-window' service delivery arrangements have proved popular.2004, Christopher Pollitt with Geert Bouckaert, Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis, page 85

Questions about one-window

What does one-window mean?
One-window means describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied by a single server, without waiting in a second queue.
What part of speech is one-window?
One-window is an adjective.

Words near one-window in the dictionary

  1. one-way time
  2. one-way times
  3. one-wayed
  4. one-waying
  5. one-ways
  6. one-window
  7. one-woman
  8. one-woman band
  9. one-word
  10. one-worlder
  11. one-worlders

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