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*ahead of schedule
Fig. having done something before the time given on a schedule or before the expected time. (*Typically: be ~; finish ~.) I want to be able to finish the job ahead of schedule.
See also: ahead

*behind schedule

having failed to do something by the appointed time, especially the time given on a written plan. (*Typically: be ~; fall ~; get ~.) We have to hurry and finish soon or we will fall behind schedule. The project is behind schedule by six months.
See also: behind

on schedule

at the expected or desired time. The plane came in right on schedule. Things have to happen on schedule in a theatrical performance.

slated to do something scheduled to do something

. (*Typically: be ~; have someone ~.) Mary is slated to go to Washington in the fall. We are slated to leave in November.
See also: slate

ahead of schedule
happening or done earlier than the time that was planned The sale will help us to repay the loan ahead of schedule.
Opposite of: behind schedule
See also: ahead

behind schedule

happening or done later than the time that was planned The project is behind schedule because several people are off sick.
Opposite of: ahead of schedule
See also: behind

on schedule

happening or done at the time that was planned or intended The trains run pretty much on schedule, except when the weather is really bad.


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The proposed rule adding Item 302(c) would require companies to disclose in schedular format the reserves for each significant element comprising a particular category of contingent liability.
As for the second, all countries of the world but two, the United States and the Philippines, have favored the schedular or residential principle of income taxation.
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