Definition of To order

1. Adverb. To specification. "He had the shoes made to order"

Alternative terms

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Lexicographical Neighbors of To Order

to go
to hand
to hell in a handbasket
to hell with
to infinite
to it
to leeward
to my knowledge
to n decimal places
to no degree
to one's heart's content
to one's knowledge
to one's liking
to one's mind
to one ear
to order (current term)
to perfection
to pieces
to rights
to save one's life
to say nothing of
to say the least
to scale
to some extent
to taste
to tell the truth
to that
to that degree
to that effect
to that end

Literary usage of To order

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"to order the commissioner appointed to ranke the sale to pay taxes on the property, though such taxes were payable by the life tenant. [Ed. Note. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... etc., and on proof that a necessity exists for a sale to pay the debts, it shall be the duty of the Chief Justice to order such sale to be made. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... of the court of chancery to order a sale of such lands, when a sale is shown to be for the interests of the beneficiaries. Parkes Charity, 12 Sim. ..."

4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1881)
"Beside the full line of standard sizes, rulings, and perforations, we are prepared to make to order any desired card from this extra quality stock, ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hyde East, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"It does not mean acts done under the order; but it is used as descriptive of some legal procedure similar to order; " such order made or proceeding had as ..."

6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"claims; sufficiently, at least, to order the reformation of a written ... United States, a motion was made in this court to order the court of claims to ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"A bill or negotiable instrument made " payable to order " ¡s one which can be negotiated by the payee by endorsement. At common law a negotiable instrument ..."

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