schedule

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
schedule /ˈʃɛdjuːl, ˈskɛd-/

▶noun

• 1 a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.

  ■ a timetable.

• 2 chiefly Law an appendix to a formal document or statute, especially as a list, table, or inventory.

• 3 (with reference to the British income tax system) any of the forms (named ‘A’, ‘B’, etc.) issued relating to various classes of taxable income.

▶verb

• 1 arrange or plan to take place at a particular time.

• 2 include in a schedule.

• 3 Brit. include (a building or site) in a list for legal preservation or protection.

– phrases
to (or on or according to) schedule on time; as planned.

– derivatives
schedular adjective,
scheduler noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. cedule, from late L. schedula ‘slip of paper’, from Gk skhedē ‘papyrus leaf’.