schedules

Noun

schedule (plural schedules)

1. A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
   • Near-synonyms: timeline, timetable

   Synonyms:

   timeline, timetable

2. A serial record of items, systematically arranged.
   • Near-synonyms: catalog, inventory, list, listing, register, registry, table

   Synonyms:

   catalog, inventory, list, listing, register, registry, table

3. A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.
   • schedule of tribes
   1. (US, capitalized, often) One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
      • Heroin is a Schedule I drug with a high potential for abuse.
   2. (Australia) One of the nine schedules of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons. Identical to the American usage above.
4. An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.

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