punch list

English

Etymology

(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.

Noun

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.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• snagging list (UK)

Translations

list of items required to complete a project

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任務清單／任务清单 (rènwu qīngdān) (no exact equivalent exists; "to-do list")

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vikalista
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Mängelliste (de) f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: lista de pendências f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

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