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:

    Heaven froze above, severe; the clouds congeal,
    And through the crystal vault appeared the standing hail.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.
    Simone Weil (1909–1943)