(law) An order issued by a court prohibiting specified persons from discussing a case outside limitations set by the court.

(law) A written command, issued by a judge, requiring whomever it is served upon to do whatever the order says, under penalty of being held in contempt of court.

(finance) A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.

(mathematics) The sequence in which the various operations in a mathematical expression are to be evaluated.

A body of unwritten social mores and conventions which serve to maintain societal order.

plural of court order

plural of money order

In a speedy manner; with dispatch; quickly.

(Britain) A short period of time, which is usually announced by ringing a bell and is between 5 and 15 minutes long, just before closing time. This is normally before the public house is no longer allowed to serve alcoholic beverages due to licensing laws.

(mathematics, logic) Of one of a series of models, languages, relationship, forms of logical discourse, etc., being the simplest one or the first in a sequence. / Of fundamental importance.