on the waiting list



on the waiting list

 and on the wait list
[for someone's name to be] on a list of people waiting for an opportunity to do something. I couldn't get a seat on the plane, but I got on the waiting list. There is no room for you, but we can put your name on the waiting list.
See also: list, on, waiting

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Law-Medieval English
KimmyKIM-eeEnglish
RhodaRO-də (English)Biblical, English
GerhardGER-hahrt (German), KHER-hahrt (Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Ancient Germanic
LannyLAN-eeEnglish
Rustam-Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tajik