http://users.livejournal.com/_blackjack_/ ([identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_blackjack_/) wrote in [personal profile] djpsyche 2005-04-07 05:14 am (UTC)

The OED also has "2. To take action on (a request, etc.), to process; to put into effect. Used esp. in business jargon." in use from 1962, which is relatively recent, but old enough that we're probably stuck with it.
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