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Difference between Order book and Orderly book

order book

1. a book in which orders from customers are entered:

  • The order book at the year-end was satisfactory, comparing very favorably with the position at the end of 1983.

2. (UK) a paper supplied to members of the House of Commons that gives details of the day’s proceedings:

  • A member is required to state the form of his motion on a previous day, and to have it entered in the Order Book.

orderly book—(Military) a book kept at headquarters in which orders and instructions received from higher authorities are recorded:

  • She made me a present of the orderly book of one of the French regiments.