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order of business

order of business noun: a task which needs to be completed.

Noun

order of business (plural orders of business)

  1. A task which needs to be completed.
  2. The sequence in which tasks need to be completed in order of importance or priority; an agenda.

Forms of order of business

pluralorders of business

Questions about order of business

What does order of business mean?
Order of business means a task which needs to be completed.
What part of speech is order of business?
Order of business is a noun.
What is the plural of order of business?
The plural of order of business is orders of business.

Words near order of business in the dictionary

  1. order in council
  2. order mark
  3. order marks
  4. Order of Australia
  5. order of battle
  6. order of business
  7. order of council
  8. Order of Friars Minor
  9. order of knighthood
  10. order of magnitude
  11. order of operations

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