What does "scheduling" mean?

A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.

What is a synonym for "scheduling"?

Common synonyms include: debit, disbursal, payment, programing, programming.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time. uncountable
2
setting an order and time for planned events wordnet
3
The time at which a particular event is scheduled. countable
4
Assignment to a schedule, or systematic arrangement. countable
"The use of modified unit-dose rather than eight separate pharmacies with an individual prescription system could have prevented virtually all of these inappropriate schedulings of drugs."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of schedule form-of, gerund, participle, present

"For your information, the marketing subcommittee is scheduling a phone conference to establish objectives and directions for 1998."

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