Definition of “pre-order” - English Dictionary

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pre-orderverb [ I or T ]

/ˌpriːˈɔː.dər/ /ˌpriːˈɔːr.dɚ/

› to order (= request to buy) a product before it has become available:

To pre-order the album, visit our website.
As soon as I hear he has another book coming out, I'm logging on to pre-order.

pre-ordernoun [ C or U ]

/ˌpriːˈɔː.dər/ /ˌpriːˈɔːr.dɚ/

› an act of ordering (= requesting to buy) a product before it has become available:

The book will come out 28 August and is available for pre-order on various internet sites.
The handbag is not yet available, but pre-orders are being taken online.

(Definition of “pre-order” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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