Short list

1. n A list of final bidder?s in a commercial procurement? process, where many bidders have been invited, some have made a bid?, and a few of these are selected for final consideration. All bidders are informed of whether they made it to the short list or not. Bidders on the short list are often required to submit additional information not found in their original bids.

2. v To make a short list from a larger set. Bidding companies are proud to "have been on the short list" or to "have been short listed", even if they don't finally win the contract?. Qualifying for the short list is similar to qualifying for the finals in a sports game.