org

¹ American

[awrg, oh-ahr-jee, awrg] / ˈɔrg, ˈoʊˈɑrˈdʒi, ˈɔrg /

(on the internet) a top-level domain appearing as a suffix on domain names used especially for nonprofit organizations.

noun

Informal. an organization, especially a nonprofit.

The youth soccer org that I'm treasurer for has an account with this bank.

org. ² American

abbreviation

organic.
organization.
organized.

org. ¹ British

abbreviation

organic
organization

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org ² British

abbreviation

an organization, usually a nonprofit-making organization

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Etymology

Origin of org

First recorded in 1935–40; by shortening of organization ( def. )

Example Sentences

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One day, AT&T produced a top-down org chart: chairman, president, senior VPs, executive VPs and first VPs.

From The Wall Street Journal

But when the New York & Erie Railroad created the first business org chart in the 1850s, capturing the complexity of the railroad’s signaling and communications, it resembled a tree.

From The Wall Street Journal

A century later, the faults persist: Org charts add latency.

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And org charts restrict job flexibility.

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They do supply a cheat code to flex authority away from the org chart’s lines of command.

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