Takes orders (5)
I believe the answer is:
waits
'takes orders' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for waits that I've seen before include "Expects" , "Night-time Yuletide singers" , "Stands by - carollers" , "Itinerant carol-singers" , "Street performers at Christmas" .)