schedule

views updated May 17 2018

sched·ule / ˈskejoōl; -jəl/ • n. 1. a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times: we have drawn up an engineering schedule. ∎  (usu. one's schedule) one's day-to-day plans or timetable: take a moment out of your busy schedule. ∎  a timetable: information on airline schedules.2. chiefly Law an appendix to a formal document or statute, esp. as a list, table, or inventory.3. (with reference to an income tax system) any of the forms (named “A,” “B,” etc.) issued for completion and relating to the various classes into which taxable income is divided.• v. [tr.] (often be scheduled) arrange or plan (an event) to take place at a particular time: the release of the single is scheduled for April. ∎  make arrangements for (someone or something) to do something: [tr.] he is scheduled to be released from prison this spring. ORIGIN: late Middle English (in the sense ‘scroll, explanatory note, appendix’): from Old French cedule, from late Latin schedula ‘slip of paper,’ diminutive of scheda, from Greek skhedē ‘papyrus leaf.’ The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.

schedule

views updated May 23 2018

schedule †ticket, label XIV; †explanatory slip accompanying a document XV; appendix to an act of parliament; classified statement or list XVI. ME. cedule, sedule — (O)F. cédule — late L. scedula small slip of paper, dim. of sceda, also scheda leaf of papyrus; see -ULE.