Standing Order

standing order or standing orders may refer to:

  • standing order (banking) (or banker's order), instruction to a bank to pay a set amount at regular intervals from one account to another
  • rules of order (or standing orders), governing parliamentary procedure for an assembly
  • general order, directive published by a military commander, and binding upon all personnel under their command

Famous quotes containing the words standing and/or order:

    I sincerely believe ... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)