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order of the day

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order of the day
n. pl. orders of the day
1. The business to be considered or done by a legislature or other body on a particular day. Often used in the plural.
2. The characteristic or most significant aspect or activity: Volatility is the order of the day in the stock market.
order of the day
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1. (Military) the general directive of a commander in chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer
2. Informal the prescribed or only thing offered or available prunes were the order of the day
3. (Law / Parliamentary Procedure) (in Parliament and similar legislatures) any item of public business ordered to be considered on a specific day
4. an agenda or programme
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Noun1.order of the day - the order of business for an assembly on a given day
agendum, order of business, agenda - a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
order book, order paper - a printed copy of the order of the day


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We gazed helplessly at the systematic, cold, gray-eyed obstinacy of the Easterly weather, while short rations became the order of the day, and the pinch of hunger under the breast-bone grew familiar to every sailor in that held-up fleet.
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Tikhon knew that neither the son's arrival nor any other unusual event must be allowed to disturb the appointed order of the day.
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The order of the day had been carefully arranged by a committee.
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