first come first served en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) A service policy or distributive rule under which access to a good, service, or decision is allocated according to the chronological order of requests or arrivals, so that earlier claimants receive priority over later ones.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| first come first serve | alternative | lexicographic | |
| first come, first served | alternative | lexicographic | |
| first-come, first-served | alternative | lexicographic | |
| first-come first-served | alternative | lexicographic | |
| first-come-first-served | alternative | lexicographic |