backlog
pronunciation
How to pronounce backlog in British English:
UK [ˈbæklɒg]
How to pronounce backlog in American English:
US [ˈbæklɔg]
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- Noun:
- an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- large log at the back of a hearth fire
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
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- Verb:
- accumulate and create a backlog
Word Origin
- backlog (n.)
- 1680s, "large log placed at the back of a fire," from back (adj.) + 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) might be from, or suggested by, log (n.2).
Example
- 1. What to do with all the rest of the backlog ?
- 2. Reebok 's order backlog a measure for future growth in the industry fell 13 per cent .
- 3. How do you forget about your backlog ?
- 4. India 's clogged court system has a huge backlog of cases .
- 5. Like airbus , boeing has a big backlog of single-aisle orders .