schedule [ sched·ule ]
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1. A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.
After this, further treatment schedules can be planned.
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2. (usually one's schedule) One's day-to-day plans or timetable.
Family schedules do not allow for uniform activities.
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3. A timetable.
information on airline schedules
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4. An appendix to a formal document or statute, especially as a list, table, or inventory.
they need a clear schedule of fixtures and fittings
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5. (with reference to the British system of income tax) any of the forms (named ‘A’, ‘B’, etc.) issued for completion and relating to the various classes into which taxable income is divided.
The IRS and the Department of the Treasury have announced an increase in the threshold for filing a separate schedule for interest or dividend income.
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1. Arrange or plan (an event) to take place at a particular time.
the release of the single is scheduled for April
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2. Make arrangements for (someone or something) to do something.
he is scheduled to be released from prison this spring
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3. Include (a building or site) in a list for legal preservation or protection.
Cowley Bridge has already been scheduled and protected as an ancient monument
Origin
1. 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 century.

