order of business

noun phrase

: a matter which must be dealt with : task

the budget was the first order of business at the committee meeting

Examples of order of business in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On Tuesday, Rowe testified before the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees that his first order of business was to visit the west Pennsylvania rooftop from which a 20-year-old gunman took several open shots at Trump, nearly killing the GOP leader. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024 And that’s exactly the order of business at Ming River Sichuan Baijiu, a West-facing partner of Luzhou Lao Jiao established in 2018. —

Clara Wang, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024 The Kings Canyon Scenic Byway (Highway 180 into the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon) reopened in June 2024, so driving this 50-mile scenic route was the first order of business. —

Outside Online, 24 July 2024 My first order of business will be to conduct a forensic examination of the budget. —

Alex Freeman, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for order of business

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Word History

Etymology

order of business (predetermined sequence of matters to be dealt with by an assembly)

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of order of business was circa 1890

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