DOCKET


Meaning of DOCKET in English

/ ˈdɒkɪt; NAmE ˈdɑːk-/ noun

1.

( business ) a document or label that shows what is in a package, which goods have been delivered, which jobs have been done, etc.

2.

( NAmE ) (also ˈdocket sheet ) a list of cases to be dealt with in a particular court

3.

( NAmE ) a list of items to be discussed at a meeting

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent.: perhaps from dock cut short . The word originally denoted a short summary or abstract; hence, in the early 18th cent., a document giving particulars of a consignment .

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