waiting list

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waiting list

A list of persons waiting, as for an appointment or filling a vacancy.

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waiting list

a list of people waiting to obtain some object, treatment, status, etc

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wait′ing list`

or waitlist

a list of persons waiting, as for reservations or admission.

[1895–1900]

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Noun

waiting list - a roster of those waiting to obtain something

roster, roll - a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"

Translations

قَائِمَةُ اِنْتِظَار

pořadník

venteliste

Warteliste

λίστα αναμονής

lista de espera

odotuslista

liste d’attente

רשימת המתנה

lista čekanja

lista d’attesalista d'attesa

順番待ち名簿

대기 명단

väntelista

รายชื่อของคนที่รอคิวอยู่

bekleme listesi

danh sách đợi

待批申请人名单

waiting list

n → lista d'attesa

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

waiting list

→ قَائِمَةُ اِنْتِظَار pořadník venteliste Warteliste λίστα αναμονής lista de espera odotuslista liste d’attente lista čekanja lista d’attesa 順番待ち名簿 대기 명단 wachtlijst venteliste lista oczekujących lista de espera список очередности väntelista รายชื่อของคนที่รอคิวอยู่ bekleme listesi danh sách đợi 待批申请人名单

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waiting list

n lista de espera

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He has been rushed in young over the heads of the waiting list because his father had a pull.

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It is one of the oddest vagaries of public ownership that there is now in Tokio a WAITING LIST of eight thousand citizens, who are offering to pay for telephones and cannot get them.

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Prof Michael O'Keeffe, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Temple St Children's Hospital, said: "Some people die on waiting lists. These are elderly people who are blind and lose any quality of life and never get called in for surgery."

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HUNDREDS are locked on waiting lists for allotments in Huddersfield.

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Accepting the place offered will not affect your chance of getting a place at a school you prefer more, either through the waiting list process or through an appeal.

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When Austin resident Sharon Jones made it onto the city's waiting list 11 years ago, more than 900 families were ahead of her.

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He said: "I think some funding for waiting list initiatives may be a good idea, but it would have to be extremely carefully managed.

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Patients are being forced to wait more than two years to see a specialist doctor--"the hidden waiting list" before waiting up to another two years for surgery.

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Another skirmish in the charter school wars broke out recently with the publication of a story in The Boston Globe pointing out that the number of students on waiting lists for a public charter school seat is surely inflated.