MADE TO ORDER
\mˌe͡ɪd tʊ ˈɔːdə], \mˌeɪd tʊ ˈɔːdə], \m_ˌeɪ_d t_ʊ ˈɔː_d_ə]\
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Specifically produced or prepared as the customer requested. Most fast-food purchases, burgers or sandwiches, are made to order. Cooked food, warm items, un-assembled final product awaits the customer's actual order. Any special customer requests are accommodated by the staff. A made-to-order dress would be sewn to the requested or measured size, would use the requested fabric and pattern, at a settled, negotiated price.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].