(1) A reserved word that expresses an action to be taken by an application programming interface (API), a compiler, or an object program.
(2) The text string in a business object that specifies an operation to be performed on the attributes in a business object. A business object definition contains a list of supported verbs; the business object itself contains one of the supported verbs.
(3) In SNA, the general name for a transaction program's request for communication services.
(4) See people assignment criterion.