The phrase "a single order for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to one specific request or command for goods or services.
Example: "We received a single order for 100 units of the product, which will be shipped next week."
Alternatives: "one request for" or "a sole order for".
At one point Control Data was unable to book a single order for the 6600 for 18 months, becoming a victim of I.B.M.'s ghost computer strategy.
Hyundai Heavy Industries, one of four big Korean shipbuilders, has not won a single order for a ship since late 2008.In this section Another American way Modi blues Emperors and beggars Scaring the salarymen Hard yards Lights and action The corruption eruption ReprintsEuropean shipbuilders are suffering from a dearth of new orders too.
In 1986 and 1987 Manitowoc didnt receive a single order for a new crane.
Yes, a single order for 4,500 Crö-doughs.
"I got a big order -- a single order -- for about $400,000.
A single order for transactional communications records can provide the same information as a surveillance team of five working for a month.
In 2010, he'd had lap-band surgery, but continued to eat up to twelve tacos at a sitting, in what he'd call a "Rexican" meal; now he'd call for a single order of nachos and eat only four.
Walk around any hospital and see physicians busy at their terminals, performing multiple clicks for a single order, clicking on a one-millimeter triangle on a 24-inch monitor, reconciling orders and medications, and proofreading (or not) their voice-generated dictations.
Today's old-fashioned concept is dated: retailers hold stocks of various branded and unbranded goods in large quantities and make every effort to look for a buyer who can afford to pay the price in full for a single order and businesses then must repeat the process while stock lasts.
T. Boone Pickens recently placed the largest single order for a single project site from GE Energy 667 turbines as part of his massive wind farm in the Texas panhandle.
