Definition
To organize one's financial and other affairs, especially in preparation for a life-changing event.
In Context
- "And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father."
- "But before doing so he thought it to be expedient to put his house in order, so that he might be able to make a statement of his affairs if asked to do so."
- ""I must put my house in order—in order. Draw up a will and bring it to me before five o'clock.""
- "The message from the euro zone should be loud and clear: if lawmakers don't put their house in order, markets eventually will do it for them."