1957 President's Rep.1955–56 (Univ. Michigan) 273 Further increase in the Order Department staff..should enable the Library to keep its work of preorder searching more nearly current.

1971 PMLA 86 1102 Reprint $25 on preorder only.

1973 Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Reporter 4 Jan. 3/2 Preorders for pizzas are also being solicited.

1984 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 14 May a7/1 Pre-orders for the game have approached the 100,000-sales mark.

2004 Scotsman (Nexis) 9 Nov. 7 The company is taking pre-orders on its new website..when it launches this Friday.

1640 J. Mabbe tr. M. de Cervantes Spanish Ladie in Exemplarie Novells v. 238 The Queene wondering at this so rare and strange an accident, sayd to Ricaredo; I conceive (Ricaredo) that this interview was thus preordered in your discretion.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. viii. 82 Do you believe that Heaven preorders as well as foresees our destiny?

1857 E. A. W. Hopkins Ella Lincoln v. 32 Woman puts a strange, wild faith in the being pre-ordered by Heaven to be her guardian and guide through life.

1980 20th Cent. Lit. 26 302 That wholeness lies only in the order of things—in nature..or in the self preordered by the word.

1937 Nevada State Jrnl. 4 Apr. 6/1 Building of their new home will begin immediately, and furnishings will be pre-ordered and installed..so they can move in on return without loss of a moment.

1978 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 30 Oct. 27 In light of its heavy investment, Gulf has followed a policy of preordering platforms before beginning exploratory drilling.

1990 Independent (Nexis) 6 Jan. 36 As a way of torturing patrons who fail to pre-order their drinks, theatres tend to hire bar staff in the ratio of one server to every 1,000 parched, scuffling customers.

2000 Which? Oct. 10/2 If you haven't already pre-ordered one through an electrical retailer, you'll probably be out of luck—Sony may already have sold out.