A list of selected candidates from which a final choice is made; a shortlist.
the club's chief executive has compiled a short leet of five names
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Cast your mind back to the Open at Carnoustie, now restored as an Open venue and, until the short leet is refined, still technically a bidder for the Ryder Cup.
Jocky was not, of course, on the Hampden short leet.
It was Donald and his five nominees who whittled down the 12 original candidates to design the building to a short leet of five, of whom four were based overseas.
So the grand total is £100,000, lavished on people who, in a real parliament, would mostly be lucky to make the short leet for janitor.
Pat Nevin, the Fir Park club's chief executive, who has compiled a short leet of five names, admitted last night that a fresh approach may be the Motherwell board's preferred option.