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standing order noun

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Definition

an instruction to a bank to pay a particular amount of money at regular times from a person's bank account to another bank account
Compare: direct debit

(Definition of standing order noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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