waitlist

A waiting list.

Noun

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

Origin

From wait + list.

Forms

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Related

waitlister

Verb

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

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