Standby

Standby ( English for self-Stand by ) stands for:

• Stand-by operation of a technical device
• On-call service in business, especially in all public professions
• Stand-by credit , in banking and with the International Monetary Fund a stand-by credit
• Stand-by professional , in team sports a player who is only used when the need arises
• waiting for a chance to fly at the airport, see flight booking
• Stand by , French feature film by Roch Stephanik from 2000

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Wiktionary: standby  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.