backorder

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US/ˈbæk(ˌ)oɹdəɹ/

noun

An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.

“on backorder”

OriginEnglish order ← Middle English bak ← Old English bæc →
Less commonScrabble 18
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Meanings

nounbackorder (plural backorders)

plural backorders · alternative back order

  1. An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.

    on backorder

verbbackorder (third-person singular simple present backorders, present participle backordering, simple past and past participle backordered)

present singular third person backorders · participle present backordering · participle past backordered · past backordered · alternative back order

  1. To place such an order.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*baką
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  4. Old Englishbæc
  5. Middle Englishbak
  6. Englishback
  7. Englishorder
  8. Englishbackorder

From back + order.

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Translations

Finnish jälkitoimitus
  • jälkitoimitusTranslations
French réapprovisionnement
  • réapprovisionnementTranslations
German Rückstand
  • RückstandTranslations
Swedish restorder
  • restorderTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

backorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backorder

MLA

“backorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backorder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backorder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backorder.

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