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back order

noun

business : a product that has been ordered but not sent to the customer because it is not yet available

Full Definition of BACK ORDER

:  a business order yet to be fulfilled because stock is unavailable
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First Known Use of BACK ORDER

circa 1929

Rhymes with BACK ORDER

awarder, close order, court order, disorder, gag order, in order, keyboarder, mail-order, on order, recorder, reorder, rewarder, sailboarder, short-order, skateboarder, snowboarder, stop order, suborder, surfboarder, third order, to order, transborder, wakeboarder, word order

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2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. back order
  2. back-order
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