Speakur

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first come first served

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables
first -come -first served
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A service policy or distributive rule under which access to a good, service, or decision is allocated according to the chronological order of requests or arrivals, so that earlier claimants receive priority over later ones.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

first-come first-served (alternative) first come, first served (alternative) first-come, first-served (alternative) first-come-first-served (alternative) first come first serve (alternative)

Phrases

first in first out open seating

Frequently Paired Words

FIFO first in first out open seating

Questions

What does first come first served mean?
A service policy or distributive rule under which access to a good, service, or decision is allocated according to the chronological order of requests or arrivals, so that earlier claimants receive priority over later ones.

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