back-order
[ bak-awr-der ]
/ ˈbækˌɔr dər /
verb (used with object)
to treat as a back order: We have to back-order your sofa until the new fabric arrives.
Words nearby back-order
back-check,
back-cloth,
back-end load,
back-load,
back-mutate,
back-order,
back-paddle,
back-patting,
back-pedal,
back-seat driver,
back-slapping
Definition for back-order (2 of 2)
back order
noun
Commerce.
an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
Example sentences from the Web for back-order
He filled two orders and put the other half-dozen on the back-order book.
A Man of Samples |Wm. H. Maher
Idioms and Phrases with back-order
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 back-order means “to obtain such an item,” as in The furniture store is going to back-order the sofa for us.