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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
waiting list
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I heard there's a waiting list to get into the school.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ More than 38, 000 people are on the waiting list for organs.
▪ Some new clients face a three-month waiting list.
▪ The hospitals agreed to re-evaluate her, and Stanford put her on its waiting list last Thursday.
▪ The national waiting list for kidneys alone is 37, 468 people-or a queue about three years long.
Wiktionary
waiting list

n. An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.

WordNet
waiting list

n. a roster of those waiting to obtain something

Wikipedia
Waiting list

Waiting list, Waiting List or similar terms may refer to:

  • Waiting List Service, for Internet domain name registrations
  • NFL season ticket waiting lists
  • Wait list, in United States university and college admissions
  • Direct School Admission#Waiting List, in Singapore secondary and junior college admissions
  • Waiting list ticket, a Reservation against Cancellation ticket for travel on Indian Railways
  • Section 8 Housing Vouchers
  • Waiting List, alternate name of the 2000 Cuban film Lista de Espera

Usage examples of "waiting list".

We've got quite a waiting list for this one, so if you aren't interested any longer, please give me a call!

Their numbers were increasing, but a coelura spin was costly and the waiting list for available spins very, very long.

He knew that Dr Weaver's schedule was so tight that if he missed his appointed date on the table he'd have to go back on the waiting list.