backorder
An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.
Noun
- An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.
- on backorder
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English order English backorder From back + order.
Forms
Verb
- To place such an order