collectionorder
nounUK /kəˈlɛkʃən ˈɔːdə/
US /kəˈlɛkʃən ˈɔːrdər/
A collection order is a rule that tells you the order in which to put things in a group.
The teacher gave us a collection order so we knew how to line up the books by size.
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2. An instruction from a bank or company to gather money that is owed.
The bank sent a collection order to recover the unpaid loan.
3. A command in a computer program that tells it to gather items together.
The code uses a collection order to group all the user records.
4. The official sequence in which a museum or library organizes its items.
The librarian followed the collection order to shelve the new books.