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• To place your order by telephone, call this number between 8 am and 6 pm.
• The company has received an order for 1,500 machines.
• It has three firm orders (= definite ones ) for its latest twin-jet aircraft.
• The company has more than 43,000 advance orders for its new environmentally-friendly refrigerators.
• The improvement was due to larger inventories, which led to lower back orders for out-of-stock items.
• You should never put in a market order. Instead, put in a buy limit order at a price slightly below the current market price.
• The City's mood improved yesterday after a big buying order for sterling gave the currency an early boost.
• You should keep a copy order and make a note of due dates so that you can plan for the arrival of the stock.
• Day orders placed during after-hours trading can only be executed during that after-hours session.
• The sellers got the rice ready for collection and were asked by the buyer for a delivery order enabling him to collect the rice.
• The factory will close down in January, when the final job order is finished.
• If you want to buy a large number of shares immediately, or sell immediately, you should probably use a market order.
• Provide a separate invoice for each purchase order.
• The quality of those machines brought us repeat orders.
• The army placed a rush order for the jackets.
• A badly handled sell order had market makers scrambling to cut prices.
• To protect your profit, you might set a stop order at, say, $20.
• Your order has arrived - you can collect it from the store any time.
• If you do not want us to ship part orders, please indicate this on the order form.
• His new album had been released to advance orders in the UK of 100,000.
• America's airlines alone have more than $130 billion-worth of aircraft on order.
• Our exclusive conservatories are still handmade to order, using traditional skills.
• The decision removed a temporary restraining order that prevented the New York Department of Insurance from releasing the reports.
• The board decided to seek an administration order to facilitate the reconstruction of the company.
• The company's financial services subsidiary isn't included in the proposed bankruptcy order.
• The City Council can't have the building knocked down but it has applied for a compulsory purchase order.
• The owners of the building said they would seek a court order to evict the squatters.
• His former wife agreed to a gagging order over their marriage as part of her divorce settlement.
• The judge immediately issued a gag order forbidding discussion of the case.
• Officials in Long Beach complied with a judge's order (= obeyed it ) and canceled the contract.
• The company had had a receiving order made against it.
• The documents state the quantity of goods and their apparent order and condition when received.
• The property is in good decorative order.
• Our standards ensure a BMW bought from us is in perfect running order.
• I tried to ring him yesterday but his phone was out of order.
• Place the proposals in order of priority.
• The IMF ranking is used to measure the pecking order of the world's leading economic powers.
• Bonuses make it hard to tell exactly where directors stand in the corporate pecking order.
• As clerk to the committee, your main task is to establish the order of business.
• House Democratic leaders plan to make the proposed tax the top order of business when Congress returns.
— see also banker's order, international money order, mail order, money order, point of order, postal order, standing order• Dealers have been reluctant to order new cars in the face of weak sales.
• You can order computer games or DVDs that aren't in stock.
• A federal appeals court in Philadelphia overturned the verdict and ordered a new trial.
• Congress has ordered businesses to comply with the new regulations.
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Recent trends suggest that orders are unlikely to be converted into sales until the second half.
»We make a service and handling charge of $4 for all phone and internet orders of tickets.
»Already, the US aeronautics company has accumulated its biggest-ever backlog of orders - valued at $475 million.
»online/postal orders
»We're encouraged by the rise in order intakes this past quarter.
»a reduction in order volumes in the UK
place/put in an order (for sth) »Placing orders by computer for medications ensures greater efficiency and a quicker delivery time to patients.
take/get/receive an order (for sth) »The Project extended the period for taking orders for its €45 million IPO until Friday.
lose/win/cancel an order (for sth) »Due to technical difficulties, the company recently lost an order for $175,000 worth of bakery equipment.
process/fill/make up an order (for sth) »The time it takes to fill orders for cars has increased.
»Once an order goes through, a message is sent to an inventory system on another computer.
orders are up/down »Durable goods orders were up in October by 2.9 %.
orders fall/increase/rise »In the past twelve months, we have seen export orders rise by 26%.
Call centres were flooded with complaints from people who had experienced problems with their orders.
deliver/send/supply an order »We will notify you by email once your order has been sent.
receive/get/take delivery of an order »The ""Super Express"" option enables customers to receive orders on the next working day.
handle/trace/monitor an order »By going online, our customers can easily trace the status of their order.
»In spite of the rail strike, only a handful of orders were delayed.
The company was forced to stop selling insurance in May after the order which was issued by Florida's Insurance Department.
an order expires/is extended »The order was scheduled to expire today but was extended at the request of US prosecutors.
an order to do sth »Authorities need an order from the courts to require libraries to provide records on the borrowing of books and on the use of internet sites.
Names of recent clients are listed in alphabetical order.
the order of priority/preference »There are laws that control the order of priority for payments to creditors.
The federal government needs to bring order to the complicated system of trading.
»a new world/global/economic order
Our new service enables you to order foreign currency online.
»To order your copy, visit our website or call this number.
order sth online/on the internet »More and more people are ordering books and DVDs online.
State agencies were ordered to cut all nonessential energy use.
»Banks have been ordered by the Financial Services Authority to assess how they would cope in the event of house prices crashing by 40 %.
order a trial/investigation/inquiry »Local governments have ordered an inquiry into radiation levels in the affected areas.
order that »Alaska's attorney-general has ordered that the company retain all documents relating to financial transactions in the current fiscal year.
He counted and ordered the copies.
order sth alphabetically/numerically/by date »Order the documents in the file by date.
Financial and business terms. 2012.