waiting list

1. 1.

   a roster of those waiting to obtain something

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Questions about waiting list

What does waiting list mean?

waiting list means "a roster of those waiting to obtain something".

Is waiting list a common word?

waiting list is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.