order book

noun

: a book that shows the number of orders that a company has received from its customers
often used figuratively
The company is starting the year with a full order book.

Examples of order book in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Still, analysts at Morgan Stanley added that growth in cutting-edge logic and memory chips bodes well for ASML’s ongoing order book recovery this year. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2024 The order book for the $35,000 base Lobo opens late this year. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024 Columbia Sportswear’s second quarter wasn’t its best, but its Fall 2024 order book suggests sequential improvement in the quarters ahead for wholesale sales. Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 1 Aug. 2024 Boeing has an order book of more than 5,400 jetliners, after accounting adjustments, while Airbus has about 8,000 unfilled orders. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 July 2024 There are dozens more Alpha launches in Firefly's order book, a backlog recently propped up by Lockheed Martin's purchase last month of up to 25 Alpha flights to loft small satellites. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024 Saarinen’s social media posts suggested that Carta was using Linear’s confidential data without its approval to build out Carta’s own order book for its secondaries market platform. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024 The company’s total order book (excluding joint ventures) shrank by £205 million over the 12 months to February 25, however, to £1.9 billion. Royston Wild, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Boeing had the upper hand for years until the last major 737 Max crisis, which saw its planes grounded and its order book dry up. Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'order book.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Dictionary Entries Near order book

Cite this Entry

“Order book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/order%20book. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!