waitlist

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Etymology

From wait +‎ list.

Noun

waitlist (plural waitlists)

  1. A waiting list.
    • 2008 May 9, Tamar Lewin, “Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students”, in New York Times:
      We’ve already had kids get off waitlists at N.Y.U., B.U., Fairfield and Quinnipiac.”

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Verb

waitlist (third-person singular simple present waitlists, present participle waitlisting, simple past and past participle waitlisted)

  1. (transitive) To place on a waiting list.
    • 2009 August 30, “A Long Road to Television”, in New York Times:
      I applied to M.I.T. I had an admission interview with Roger Borovoy, an alumnus, and was waitlisted.

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