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first come first served

adj, noun — 2 senses

first-come-first-served

adjalso spelled first-come-first-served
1

Of a process or situation in which one is dealt with in the order in which ones arrives.

  • Effective March 30, 2006, the State of Virginia no longer follows their “first come, first served” policy regarding allocation of multiple child support orders.2006, US Department of Health and Human Services, Virginia Changes "First Come, First Served" for Multiple Orders:

first come first served

noun
1

A service policy in which the first to arrive for service receives the service first.

Related terms
first in first out, FIFO, open seating

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for first-come-first-served and first come first served.