waiting list

[waiting list] {n.}

A list of persons waiting to get into something (as a school).

* /The nursery school enrollment was complete, so the director put our child's name on the waiting list./

* /The landlord said there were no vacant apartments available, but that he would put the Rogers' name on the waiting list./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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