watch listnoun [ C ]
ukusCOMMERCE, FINANCEa list of companies, investments, etc. whose activity is being closely followed, for example because there may be problems in the future:
The fund appears on a watch list of investments.
place/put sth on a watch list
a list of companies, people, etc. whose activity is being closely examined to check that they are not doing something illegal:
an FBI/terrorist watch list A passenger was ordered off the flight because his name appeared on the FBI's watch list.