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/bˈæklˌɑg/ /bˈæklˌɔg/ Listen

Backlog

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).

The large log at the back of a hearth fire.

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose. Synonyms: reserve, stockpile.

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"Backlog" Quotes from Famous Books

... extraordinary demand will subside. It will be years before we catch up with the demand for housing. The extraordinary demand for other durable goods, for the replenishment of inventories, and for exports may be satisfied earlier. No backlog of demand can exist very long in the face of our tremendous productive capacity. We must expect again to face the problem of shrinking demand and consequent slackening in sales, production, and employment. This possibility of a deflationary spiral in the future will exist ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... swinging crane. A skillet and a gridiron stood against the jamb on one side, a hoe for baking hoe cakes and a little wrought-iron trivet were in order on the other. The breakfast fire had burned out; only the great backlog, hoary with gray ashes, lay slumbering at the back of the fireplace. The planter poked the drift of ashes between the andirons with a green oak stick until he saw a live coal shining red in the gray about it. This he rolled out upon the hearth, ...

— Duffels • Edward Eggleston

Words linked to "Backlog" : aggregation, bank, fuel level, Yule log, firewood, accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, reserve, assemblage, reserve fund, accumulation, gather, reserve account, collection, pile up