order of business

Other forms: orders of business

Definitions of order of business
  1. noun
    a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
    synonyms: agenda, agendum
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    types:
    order of the day
    the order of business for an assembly on a given day
    order book, order paper
    a printed copy of the order of the day
    type of:
    list, listing
    a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
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