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hotlist en · NOUN

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Etymology

From hot + list.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).
   • The federal government is proposing to add a number of substances to a hotlist that will prevent them from being used in cosmetics. 2009 March 7, “Health, environment departments take action on four substances”, in The Canadian Press TORONTO:
   • There were 22 schools on the hotlist to close, consolidate or be turned around. 2009 February 24, “Six CPS schools to stay open”, in ABC7Chicago.com:
2. (idiomatic) A list of banned items.
   • The Hotlist is used to keep the cosmetic industry aware of substances that are restricted or prohibited in cosmetics 2004 June 18, “Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist”, in Health Canada:

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Coordinates

warmlist

Hypernyms

list

Relateds

shopping list · wish list · checklist · to-do list · laundry list · bucket list

Synonyms

blacklist · short list · hot sheet · hit list

hotlist en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From hot + list.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To add something to such a list, or to be added to such a list.
2. (transitive) To blacklist.
   • In case of loss/theft of card, the cardholder should immediately block/hotlist the card to avoid any misuse for safety reasons 2024 May 30, Sneha Kulkarni, “How to block a debit card: 4 ways to block, hotlist PNB debit card”, in The Economic Times, →ISSN:
   • one must also check that the certificate is not hot-listed by Its issuer 1993 August 1, Stephen T. Kent, “Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail”, in Commun. ACM, volume 36, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 48–60:

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