Definition of Made-to-order

1. Adjective. Built for a particular individual.

Exact synonyms: Custom-built
Similar to: Custom, Custom-made

2. Adjective. (of clothing) custom-made.
Exact synonyms: Bespoke, Bespoken, Tailor-made, Tailored
Similar to: Custom, Custom-made

Definition of Made-to-order

1. Adjective. Made for a specific individual, but not always to individual specifications. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Made-to-order

maddens
madder
madder family
madders
madderwort
maddest
madding
maddish
maddock
maddocks
maddoctor
maddoctors
made
made-for-TV
made-to-measure
made-to-order (current term)
made-up
made a hash of
made a leg
made a living
made an effort
made do
made fun of
made hand
made hands
made history
made in China
made in Japan
made in the shade
made it

Literary usage of Made-to-order

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Damages: Embracing an Elementary Exposition of the by Jabez Gridley Sutherland (1893)
"Rule of damages where articles made to order. The rule which measures the vendor's damage on the refusal to accept goods contracted for by the difference ..."

2. The Furniture of Our Forefathers by Esther Singleton, Russell Sturgis (1906)
"The answer is that some of it was made to order, and the rest was specially imported, sometimes in their own ships, just as was the case in Boston. ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Following is an account, given in September, of a town made to order: Some savings, however, have been effected, the Governor said, during his tern»! among ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Personal Property by James Schouler (1896)
"The Same Subject; Summary of the Doctrines as to Chattels made to order. — On the whole, it may be said that the rule as to chattels manufactured to order ..."

5. Accounting Theory and Practice by Roy Bernard Kester (1918)
"Goods Made to Order Where the factory works only on order, conditions as to profit-taking are somewhat changed. Here, the sale has already been made for ..."

6. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1917)
"Goods to be made to order.—Most courts have held that when the seller has made goods according to a special order given by the buyer, so that they would not ..."

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