Subprocedure

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A procedure forming part of a larger procedure.

    "It would consist of a schedule of the common types of legal services (divided into subtypes or subprocedures) with a unit rather than dollar amount specified for each. Each unit might be the rough equivalent of one hour of an attorney's time […]"

  2. 2
    A procedure that can be called by higher-level procedures as part of their operation.

Synonyms

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subroutinesubroutine

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"It would consist of a schedule of the common types of legal services (divided into subtypes or subprocedures) with a unit rather than dollar amount specified for each. Each unit might be the rough equivalent of one hour of an attorney's time […]"

Etymology

From sub- + procedure.

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