wait listnoun [ C usually singular ]
also waitlist /ˈweɪt ˌlɪst//ˈweɪt ˌlɪst/mainly USa list of people who have asked for something, especially a place at a college or in a class, or a ticket for something, that is not immediately available but may be in the future:
In the Washington area 1,520 people are on the wait list for a new kidney.
Officials said the wait list for the program is currently at 20 families.
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- They agreed that 2,000 of the 2,500 coming off the wait list will be put in a less expensive program offering fewer services than the main program.
- She said they sometimes made an "executive decision" to offer care to a disabled person who was not at the top of the wait list.
- For tickets, information, and waitlist for Sunday, call the number below.
- The price for waitlist tickets is still $10.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Waiting
- await
- hang
- hang around (somewhere)
- hang on
- hang round (somewhere)
- hold
- lounge
- mark time idiom
- mill
- mill around
- queue
- ready
- sit
- stand
- wait for sb/sth
- wait in
- wait on sth
- wait sth out
- wait up
- wait list
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