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0 an informal social system in which some people or groups know they are more or less important than others: --
- He started as a clerk but gradually rose in the pecking order.
- There's a clearly established pecking order in this office.
1 the order of importance of people in a group: --
- The teachers are so low in the social and economic pecking order that nobody listens to them.
2 the level of importance of people in a social group, at work, etc: --
- at the bottom/top of the pecking order As one of many creditors, Mr Dixon is at the bottom of the pecking order.
- further/lower down the pecking order Employees are lower down the pecking order in private equity than shareholders.

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You are not near the top of the pecking order when seen from the centre.
Where would the matron stand in the pecking order, with the proliferation of general managers now being appointed in every hospital throughout the country?
There may 12, 16 or even 20 partners, but there will always be a pecking order and inequality among the partners.
What we would like to get rid of is the pecking order: universities top, polys next; other major institutions third, minor colleges fourth.
He was given leave to speak rather late in the pecking order.
The pecking order fixed at certain levels years ago should not remain immutable forever.
Such a reality is like the pecking order among chickens.
That is, a pecking order exists that sets the agenda and ultimately determines the direction the guideline is going.

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