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on order

on order prepositional phrase: having already been ordered for shipment, but not yet received from the supplier.

Prepositional phrase

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

Questions about on order

What does on order mean?
On order means having already been ordered for shipment, but not yet received from the supplier.
What part of speech is on order?
On order is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on order in the dictionary

  1. on one's watch
  2. on one's way
  3. on ones
  4. on opposite sides of the barricades
  5. on or about
  6. on order
  7. on pain of
  8. on paper
  9. on par
  10. on parade
  11. on pins and needles

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