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first-come-first-serve

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. first-come-first-serve(p), rushadjective

    not accepting reservations

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  1. first-come-first-serve

    First-come-first-serve is a policy or system in which services are provided or things are allocated to customers or consumers in the order of their requests or arrivals, meaning the one who comes first or makes a request first gets served or receives the item first. This approach does not prioritize anyone except based on their order in a queue or list.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of first-come-first-serve in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of first-come-first-serve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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  • Se le sirve en orden de llegadaSpanish
  • primus venerit, primus-serve,Latin

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