(law) A restraining order which expires at a specified point in time, in particular a restraining order issued prior to an inter partes hearing.

plural of zero-order hold

(mathematics) A mathematical model of the practical signal reconstruction done by a conventional digital-to-analog converter, describing the effect of converting a discrete-time signal to a continuous-time signal by holding each sample value for one sample interval.

(politics) An item of business that will be discussed before any other item on a particular day when a legislature is sitting.

(retail) The sale of an item that is not stocked by ordering it from another company

plural of mail-order bride

A woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage.

(algebra) An integral domain which has a subset whose elements are said to be "positive", such that this subset is closed under addition, closed under multiplication, and all elements of the integral domain satisfy a law of trichotomy; namely, that either that element is in the said subset, or it is the zero (additive identity), or its product with −1 (the additive inverse of the multiplicative identity) belongs to the said subset.

(mathematics) An ordered field which satisfies the axiom of Archimedes.

(travel, aviation, dated) An accountable document similar to an airline ticket, used to pay for travel related services such as hotels and car hire.