If you do something to order, you do it whenever you are asked to do it.
She now makes wonderful dried flower arrangements to order.
Cars are stolen to order for clients.
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to order in British English
a.
according to a buyer's specifications
b.
on request or demand
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to order in American English
in accordance with the buyer's specifications
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Examples of 'to order' in a sentence
to order
From the trestle table at the end of the room, a bald man was calling the room to order.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2002)
I went with her myself to the Maypole in the Strand to order the hackney coach to bring her to York Buildings.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002)
He has no idea with foreigners except how to order the best claret.
Malcolm, John THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE (2002)
The trick is to order a car from Atlantic Aviation; that way you'll have a Jersey driver.
Stuart Woods SWIMMING TO CATALINA (2002)
All related terms of 'to order'
in order to
so that it is possible to
call to order
to request to be quiet , as to start (a meeting)
made-to-order
custom-built according to the wishes or requirements of a specific individual
to be in running order
if something is in running order it is functioning correctly and efficiently
get/set one's house in order to put your house in order
If someone gets their house in order , puts their house in order , or sets their house in order , they arrange their affairs and solve their problems .
to get your house in order to put your house in order to set your house in order
If someone gets their house in order , puts their house in order , or sets their house in order , they arrange their affairs and solve their problems .