n
A support or resource in reserve.
n
Synonym of back announce; outro.
n
(figuratively, uncountable) A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.
n
(entertainment, etc.) Money paid on a contingent deferred basis, for example, as a proportion of the profits or revenue of a work.
n
A back issue of a magazine, etc.
v
To treat as a back order.
n
Alternative spelling of backup [A reserve or substitute.]
n
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
n
A file containing non-current items.
v
(transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.
v
To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period.
n
A reserve source or supply.
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
n
An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.
adj
Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment
adv
(text messaging) Abbreviation of back. [(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.]
n
The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
v
(UK, universities, dated) To enter a college enclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
n
The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
v
(intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
n
The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
n
(international trade) The country from which goods were shipped.
v
(transitive, computing) To add an item to a queue. [from 20th c.]
v
(rare) Obsolete form of install. [(transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use, often specifically (in Computing) to transfer software onto a device's permanent storage and put it in a state where it is ready to be run when needed, usually decompressing it if necessary and performing any necessary pre-first-run configuration.]
n
The act of carrying something outside.
n
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
n
Alternative spelling of flexitime [An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.]
n
One who works on a flexitime arrangement.
n
The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.
n
A shipment inward; an import.
n
The outsourcing of employment domestically
adj
(of goods or services) Obtained by insourcing
v
(transitive, intransitive) To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security.
v
(transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
v
(transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
n
(transport) right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users
n
The act by which something is propped.
n
A supply or source of something.
v
(transitive, computing, telecommunications) To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
v
(transitive, informal) To schedule.
n
(chiefly US) The supply of resources needed by a business process.
n
(obsolete) installation (as of a person into office)
n
A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
n
(by extension) Any system in place to provide resources to a group.
n
A person who is transferred.
v
(transitive) To bring through a transition; to change.
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