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Waiting list   /wˈeɪtɪŋ lɪst/   Listen
Waiting list

noun
1.
A roster of those waiting to obtain something.





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"Waiting list" Quotes from Famous Books



... matters of fact. His definition of truth has the virtue of perfect simplicity,—"A truth is that which has got itself believed by me." His thoughts form an exclusive club, and when a new idea applies for admission it is placed on the waiting list. A single black-ball from an old member is sufficient permanently to exclude it. When an idea is once in, it has a very pleasant time of it. All the opinions it meets with are clubable, and on good terms with one another. Whether any of them ...
— By the Christmas Fire • Samuel McChord Crothers
... the teeth was rapid. Dentists in small numbers were sent from India. I hesitate to put down the amount that one dentist told me he was making each month. We had, for some time, only one dentist, and his waiting list was several hundred cases, all requiring urgent attention. Some of the bad cases became permanent base men—that is, they were attached for duty at the base—and assisted in hospital work. If each hospital ...
— In Mesopotamia • Martin Swayne


Words linked to "Waiting list" :   roster, roll


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