English-French translations for first come, first served

• premier arrivé, premier servi
  La Commission nous a informés que les aides seront accordées selon le principe du "premier arrivé, premier servi". The Commission advised us that grants will be awarded on the 'first come, first served' principle.
  Notre ministre locale de l'agriculture a décidé d'allouer ces subventions selon le principe du "premier arrivé, premier servi". Our local Agriculture Minister decided to allocate these grants on a 'first come, first served' basis.
  Cela se fera-t-il sur la base du «premier arrivé, premier servi», ou y aura-t-il un traitement préférentiel pour ceux qui ont déjà des contrats de longue date à honorer? Is it to be done on the basis of ‘first come, first served’, or is there to be preferential treatment for those who already have longer-standing contracts to supply?

Definition of first come, first served

• People will be dealt with in the order they arrive

Examples

• Effective March 30, 2006, the State of Virginia no longer follows their “first come, first served” policy regarding allocation of multiple child support orders

Related words

• First come, first served.
• first come first served
• come first
• first-come-first-served
• firstcomer
• the first casualty when war comes is truth
• self comes first