master list

Complete authoritative record

A master list is the authoritative or comprehensive version of a list, consolidating information from various sources into one central reference: The master list of attendees includes everyone who RSVP'd.

It implies completeness and serves as the definitive document against which other lists are checked or from which subsets are drawn.

Opposites
completeness/authority

master listrough draft

Unpolished first attempt

tentative list · notes · working draft · scribbles

scope

master listsubset

Collection within collection

excerpt · sublist · shortlist · selection · fragment

Family

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