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on order

Meaning

on order

Having already been ordered for shipment, but not yet received from the supplier.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A January 1995 GAO report stated that the USAF originally planned to order 210 C-17s at a cost of $41.8 billion, and that the 120 aircraft on order was to cost $39.5 billion based on a 1992 estimate. Source: Internet

Alexandria Rodriques and her 16-year-old sister, Amanda, have tapped business opportunities out of farmers’ markets by buying bulk produce at low cost and retailing, on order, to established clientele. Source: Internet

Alphabetic trees are Huffman trees with the additional constraint on order, or, equivalently, search trees with the modification that all elements are stored in the leaves. Source: Internet

BOC Aviation Limited, which is a leading global aircraft operating leasing company with a fleet of 571 aircraft owned, managed or on order as at 30 June 2020. Source: Internet

AbeBooks bookseller ratings are based on order completion – the number of orders a seller receives versus the number of orders rejected, cancelled, or returned. Source: Internet

"AerCap is the world's largest lessor of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, with over 80 aircraft owned and on order. Source: Internet

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