a usually unwritten list of things one wishes for:
Money is on everyone's wish list.
Origin
1970-75
Examples from the web for wish list
Top of their wish list is permission to distribute yuan-denominated mutual funds, which are increasingly popular among the rich.
However, the offer they are using as a baseline was essentially a management wish list, which had no chance of being accepted.
British Dictionary definitions for wish list
wish list
noun
1.
a list of things desired by a person or organization: the Polish government's wish list
Slang definitions & phrases for wish list
wish list
noun phrase
A presumed list of things one wants: intent on buying every weapon the generals and admirals put on their wish lists
wish list in Technology
jargon A list of desired features or bug fixes that probably won't get done for a long time, usually because the person responsible for the code is too busy or can't think of a clean way to do it. "OK, I'll add automatic filename completion to the wish list for the new interface." Compare tick-list features. [Does anybody call this a "want list"?] [Jargon File] (1998-04-28)