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docket

Pronunciation: /ˈdɒk.ɪt/

The English word “docket” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A summary; a brief digest.
  2. A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
  3. A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
  4. An agenda of things to be done.
  5. A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
  6. A receipt.

verb

  1. To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
  2. To label a parcel, etc.
  3. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
  4. To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

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