punch list

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps from the practice of punching holes in a list to indicate completion of individual items.

punch list (plural punch lists)

1. (US) The list of repairs and finish work required to complete a project, such as the construction of a building; a list of problems to correct.

   The building opened on schedule, but it took them another three months to get through the punch list.

• Completion often means fulfillment of a contract, possibly as amended by change orders.

• snagging list (UK)

• checklist
• get one's ticket punched
• punch one's ticket