action items
nounUK /ˈæk.ʃən ˈaɪ.təmz/
US /ˈæk.ʃən ˈaɪ.təmz/
Action items are the jobs on a list that someone needs to do.
After the meeting, she wrote down three action items to finish by Friday.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. Specific steps agreed on in a meeting that someone must complete.
The team reviewed the action items from last week's meeting.
3. A recorded task in a project plan that is tracked until it is done.
Each action item has an owner and a due date.
4. A point in a discussion that requires a decision or response.
We turned the open questions into action items for the next call.