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Noun: pecking order
  1. The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
    - hierarchy, power structure

Derived forms: pecking orders

Type of: organisation [Brit], organization

Part of: admin [informal], administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation [Brit], organization

Encyclopedia: Pecking order

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