- backlog back·log n
- ['bækˌlɒɡ]
backlog of work — lavoro arretrato
the strike has resulted in a backlog of orders — a causa dello sciopero si sono accumulate le ordinazioni
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backlog back·log n
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back|log — «BAK LG, LOG», noun, verb, logged, log|ging. –n. 1. Informal. a) a reserve of orders, duties, or commitments that have not yet been filled or carried out: »He is working on the backlog of homework assignments that accumulated while he was sick.… … Useful english dictionary
back·log — /ˈbækˌlɑːg/ noun, pl logs [count] : a large number of jobs that are waiting to be finished We have a huge backlog of orders to be filled … Useful english dictionary
Backlog — Back log (b[a^]k l[o^]g ; 115), n. [Back, a. + log.] 1. A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. Contrasted to {forestick}. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
backlog — Unfilled orders for goods or services. Orders for goods or services that the company has not yet delivered or rendered to its customers. American Banker Glossary * * * backlog back‧log [ˈbæklɒg ǁ lɒːg, lɑːg] noun [countable usually singular] an… … Financial and business terms
backlog — back|log [ˈbæklɔg US lo:g, la:g] n [C usually singular] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: backlog large piece of wood placed at the back of a fire (17 21 centuries)] a large amount of work that you need to complete, especially work that should already… … Dictionary of contemporary English
backlog — back•log [[t]ˈbækˌlɔg, ˌlɒg[/t]] n. v. logged, log•ging 1) bus an accumulation, as of unfinished tasks 2) a large log at the back of a hearth to keep up a fire 3) cvb bus to accumulate in a backlog • Etymology: 1675–85 … From formal English to slang
backlog — ☆ backlog [bak′lôg΄ ] n. 1. a large log at the back of a fire, as in a fireplace 2. a reserve of something stored, saved, etc. 3. an accumulation of unfilled orders, unfinished work, etc. vi., vt. backlogged, backlogging to accumulate as a… … English World dictionary
backlog — back|log [ bæk,lag ] noun singular an amount of work or other things that you should already have done or dealt with: We re working weekends in order to clear a backlog of orders … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
backlog — (n.) 1680s, large log placed at the back of a fire, from BACK (Cf. back) (adj.) + LOG (Cf. log) (n.1). Figurative sense of something stored up for later use is first attested 1883, but this and the meaning arrears of unfulfilled orders (1932)… … Etymology dictionary
backlog — The current figurative meaning ‘arrears of uncompleted work’ is an Americanism from the 1930s which passed rapidly into British use. The original physical meaning ‘a log placed at the back of a fire’ dates from the 17c; in between is an earlier… … Modern English usage
backlog — /bak lawg , log /, n., v., backlogged, backlogging. n. 1. a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders. 2. a large log at the back of a hearth to keep up a fire. Cf. forestick. v.t. 3. to hold in reserve … Universalium
