Definition of "schedule"

(obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.  quotations

(law) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.

1. (US, law, often capitalized) One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.  quotations  examples

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   • Currently, cannabis/marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug, meaning it defined as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” This is the same designation given to LSD, heroin and ecstasy.

     2022 October 13, Shawn Radcliffe, “What Happens if Marijuana is No Longer Classified as Schedule 1 Drug?”, in healthline‎

2. (Australia, law, medicine) One of the nine schedules of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons. Identical to the American usage above.  examples

A serial record of items, systematically arranged.  examples

A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.  examples

(computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.  examples

To create a time-schedule.  examples

To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.  examples

To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.  examples

(Australia, medicine) To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.  examples

(US) To classify as a controlled substance.  quotations  examples