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back order
noun a retailer's order for a product that is temporarily out of stock with the supplier:
the phone I wanted was on back order.
verb [with object] (back-order) place an order for (a product) that is temporarily out of stock:
the item was back-ordered by our distributor
the taps can be back-ordered and take up to three months for delivery.