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BACKLIST

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back⋅list

  [bak-list]
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–noun
1. the books that a publisher has kept in print over several years, as distinguished from newly issued titles.
–adjective
2. Also, backlisted. placed or maintained on a backlist.
–verb (used with object)
3. to place on a backlist.
Origin:
1945–50; back 2 + list 1
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back·list   (bāk'lĭst')   
n.  A publisher's list of older titles kept in print.
tr.v.   back·list·ed, back·list·ing, back·lists
To place (a title) on a backlist.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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