plural of insertion order

An order which (at least mainly) consists of members who receive and/or most have the knighthood, hence constitutes an honorific brotherhood (in modern times often open to both genders, in rare cases a sisterhood) of knights (and/or, as female equivalent, dames). The hierarchical structure, purpose, activities (in many cases rare and mainly ceremonious), titles and insignia vary widely.

(mathematics) Formally, given two partially ordered sets A and B, the order ≤ on the Cartesian product A × B such that (a,b) ≤ (a′,b′) if and only if a < a′ or (a = a′ and b ≤ b′).

(UK, law) An order made by the Home Secretary to restrict an individual's liberty for the purpose of protecting members of the public from a risk of terrorism.

plural of change order

(chiefly Australia, UK) An order of chivalry established for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement.

(Australia, informal) An appointment made within the Order of Australia.

A small dish served as an accompaniment to a main course or entrée. / (informal, figuratively) An accompaniment.

plural of batting order

The ordering of the syntactic constituents of a language.