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noun

Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.

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Other definitions for back order (2 of 2)

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.

How to use back order in a sentence

He filled two orders and put the other half-dozen on the back-order book.
A Man of Samples|Wm. H. Maher
When a back order is filled, the shipping clerk returns his copy to the office.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various
Of the two copies of the back order, one goes to the shipping clerk, while the other is kept in the office.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various
The more usual custom is to give the back order the same number as the original of which it is a part.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various

Other 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.