waitlist

See also: wait-list

English

Alternative forms

• wait-list

Etymology

From wait +‎ list.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/

Noun

waitlist (plural waitlists)

1. A waiting list.
   • 2008 May 9, Tamar Lewin, “Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students”, in New York Times‎:

     We’ve already had kids get off waitlists at N.Y.U., B.U., Fairfield and Quinnipiac.”

Related terms

• waitlister

Translations

waiting list — see waiting list

Verb

waitlist (third-person singular simple present waitlists, present participle waitlisting, simple past and past participle waitlisted)

1. (transitive) To place on a waiting list.
   • 2009 August 30, “A Long Road to Television”, in New York Times‎:

     I applied to M.I.T. I had an admission interview with Roger Borovoy, an alumnus, and was waitlisted.

Translations

to place on a waiting list

Finnish: laittaa jonotuslistalle Hungarian: várólistára tesz