What (who) is pre-orders - definition
AN ORDER PLACED FOR AN ITEM WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED; ALLOW CONSUMERS TO GUARANTEE IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT, MANUFACTURERS CAN GAUGE HOW MUCH DEMAND THERE WILL BE AND HENCE THE SIZE OF INITIAL PRODUCTION RUNS, SELLERS CAN BE ASSURED OF MINIMUM SALES
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Pre-order
A pre-order is an order placed for an item that has not yet been released. The idea for pre-orders came because people found it hard to get popular items in stores because of their popularity.
pre-order
1. <graph theory> traversal.
2. <theory> A relation R is a pre-order if it is reflexive
(x R x) and transitive (x R y R z => x R z). If it is also
antisymmetric (x R y R x => x = y) then it is a {partial
ordering}.
(2001-10-01)
holy orders
![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vicente Carducho, "Ordenación y primera misa de san Juan de Mata".jpg?width=200)
![presbyter (priest)]] upon an Orthodox [[deacon]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cheirotonia Presbyter 1.jpeg?width=200 "presbyter (priest)]] upon an Orthodox [[deacon]].")
![[[Ordination]] to the Catholic priesthood in the [[Latin Church]]. Devotional card, 1925.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Holy Orders Picture.jpg?width=200 "[[Ordination]] to the Catholic priesthood in the [[Latin Church]]. Devotional card, 1925.")
![Cheirotonia]]''), conferring the holy order of [[deacon]] upon an Orthodox [[subdeacon]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kheirotonia.jpg?width=200 "Cheirotonia]]''), conferring the holy order of [[deacon]] upon an Orthodox [[subdeacon]].")
![preface]] ordained to the [[priesthood]]. Pictured is the third imposition of hands as in the pre-1968 [[Roman Pontifical]], in 1999, [[Fontgombault Abbey]], [[France]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Priestly ordination.jpg?width=200 "preface]] ordained to the [[priesthood]]. Pictured is the third imposition of hands as in the pre-1968 [[Roman Pontifical]], in 1999, [[Fontgombault Abbey]], [[France]].")
SACRAMENTS IN SOME CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
Holy Orders; Holy Order; Ordainer; Holy order; Holy vows; Religious office; Anglican Ordinand; Anglican ordinand; Orders, Holy; Christian ordination; Sacrament of Holy Orders
also Holy Orders
Someone who is in holy orders is a member of the Christian clergy.
He took holy orders in 1935.
N-PLURAL
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Pre-order
A pre-order is an order placed for an item that has not yet been released. The idea for pre-orders came because people found it hard to get popular items in stores because of their popularity. Companies then had the idea to allow customers to reserve their own personal copy before its release, which has been a huge success.
Pre-orders allow consumers to guarantee immediate shipment on release, manufacturers can gauge how much demand there will be and thus the size of initial production runs, and sellers can be assured of minimum sales. Additionally, high pre-order rates can be used to increase sales further.
Pronunciation examples for pre-orders
1. You take pre-orders.
Tim League - Alamo Drafthouse Founder & CEO _ Talks at Google
2. their pre-orders.
Engineering Meditation Techonology _ Rohan Dixit _ Talks at Google
3. And I didn't really know this, but pre-orders
California _ Edan Lepucki _ Talks at Google
4. and then pre-orders were just going up and up.
California _ Edan Lepucki _ Talks at Google
5. things, is if anybody pre-orders my book before
The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Didn't Need To _ DC Pierson _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of pre-orders
1. U.S. pre–orders exceeded '1',000, a 16 percent increase.
2. Popular had some 28,000 copies, with pre–orders reportedly totaling about 6,000.
3. Pre–orders have already made the new book the top seller on Amazon.
4. Major U.S. bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. also said earlier this week its pre–orders had topped a million.
5. WHSmith, which opened 3'1 outlets across the country at midnight on Saturday, had received half a million pre–orders.