Dude with fruit order (7)
I believe the answer is:
mandate
'order' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'dude with fruit' is the wordplay.
'dude' becomes 'man' (dude can informally mean a man).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fruit' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of fruit).
'man'+'date'='MANDATE'
(Other definitions for mandate that I've seen before include "Make compulsory" , "Authority conferred on a tandem" , "Decree" , "Social appointment for male - or authority given" , "Authority to act" .)