Waitlist noun

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wait +‎ list

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[1]:

     Weve already had kids get off waitlists at N.Y.U., B.U., Fairfield and Quinnipiac.

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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[2]:

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

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