docket

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdɒkɪt/

noun

  • 1British a document or label listing the contents of a consignment or package.
  • a customs warrant certifying that duty has been paid on goods entering a country.
  • a voucher entitling the holder to receive or obtain delivery of goods ordered.
  • 2North American a list of cases for trial or people having cases pending: one new case on the docket from Florida
  • an agenda or list of things to be done.

verb (dockets, docketing, docketed)

[with object]
  • 1mark (a consignment or package) with a document or label listing the contents: the clothes would be handed in and neatly docketed
  • 2North American enter (a case) on a list of those due to be heard: the case may be docketed for the fall term

Origin:

late 15th century: perhaps from dock2. The word originally denoted a short summary or abstract; hence, in the early 18th century, 'a document giving particulars of a consignment'