one-window

adjective

Describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied by a single server, without waiting in a second queue.

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Meanings

adjectiveone-window (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemanagementDescribing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied by a single server, without waiting in a second queue.

    At a local microlevel 'one-stop' or 'one-window' service delivery arrangements have proved popular.

    2004, Christopher Pollitt with Geert Bouckaert, Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis, page 85
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    Why could Alberta Registries not have delivered one-window shopping, better hours and better locations, and nonbureaucratic service directly, using public servants?

    1995, Trevor Harrison with Gordon Laxer, The Trojan Horse: Alberta and the Future of Canada, page 107
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APA

one-window. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-window

MLA

“one-window.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-window. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one-window,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-window.

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