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back order
noun
Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | back order |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | an order to purchase something that is not currently available but will be sent at a later date |
| Example: | Back orders are held open for future delivery, usually for a designated period of time after which they are cancelled. |
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
back order
An item not currently in stock but to be sold or delivered when it becomes available, as in We don't have the shoes in white, but we can make them a back order. The verb means "to obtain such an item," as in The furniture store is going to back-order the sofa for us.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Maintains back order files and releases orders for shipment, as stock is received and available for use.
Maybe, but in corporate boardrooms nowadays, patience is on back order.
The back order should be recorded on the date received using the invoice number to which the back order applies.
The merchant was not receptive to the consumers request to cancel the order because the item was on back order.
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