standing order
1. A condition, regulation, or instruction that is expected to be carried out continually until instructed otherwise. The doctors issued a standing order for the patient to receive 5 mg of morphine every four hours to keep the pain under control. The colonel has issued standing orders for all squadrons to attack the enemy on sight.
2. A financial arrangement in which a certain amount of money is debited from one's bank account at fixed intervals, as in exchange for some ongoing service. I've set up a standing order for my loan repayments so I don't have to remember each month. What I suggest you do is set up a standing order for some amount of money to go into your savings account every time you get paid.
standing order
A regulation that is in force until it is specifically changed or withdrawn, as in The waiters have standing orders to fill all glasses as they are emptied. This idiom began life in the mid-1600s as standing rule; the word order began to be used about 1800 for such military orders and gradually was extended to other areas.