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Computing

event queue

Computing

output queue

waiting list

Mahjong

wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand

Mahjong

one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)

(short) layover; transit

person self-quarantining at home

Mahjong

many-sided wait (for one's last tile); complex wait; wait for three or more types of tiles which will finish one's hand

Often local bureaucrats entertaining central bureaucrats

bureaucrats entertaining bureaucrats using public funds

Abbreviation; Colloquial

waiting for a cancellation; being on standby; being on a waiting list

Colloquial

wait a sec; hold up

Organization name

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

child abuse

rational expectations hypothesis

rational expectations hypothesis

Computing

command state

adaptive expectations

Mahjong

wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand

child sexual abuse; child molestation

Organization name

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; ASPCA

to wait for the enemy to tire at ease

Historical term; Buddhism

kōshin-machi; staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms that were said to inhabit the human gut from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods; a tradition that began among nobility in the Heian period and became widespread during the Edo period

Rare term

to receive an invitation

Rare term

eleventh lunar month