backlog

[bak-lawg, -log] Origin

back·log

[bak-lawg, -log] noun, verb, back·logged, back·log·ging.
noun
1.
a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
2.
a large log at the back of a hearth to keep up a fire. Compare forestick.
verb (used with object)
3.
to hold in reserve, as for future handling or repair.
4.
to enter and acknowledge (an order) for future shipment.

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verb (used without object)
5.
to accumulate in a backlog: Orders are starting to backlog faster than we can process them.

Origin:
1675–85; back1 + log


1. supply, stock, store, fund, cache, reservoir.

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backlog (ˈbækˌlɒɡ)
 
n
1.  an accumulation of uncompleted work, unsold stock, etc, to be dealt with
2.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) a large log at the back of a fireplace

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backlog
1680s, from back + log. Originally a large log placed at the back of a fire. Figurative sense is first attested 1883, via notion of "a reserve of something stored up."
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