| Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled. |
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| to treat as a back order: We have to back-order your sofa until the new fabric arrives. |
| 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. |
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.
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