passport

noun
/ˈpɑːspɔːt/UK/ˈpæspɔɹt/US

Etymology

From French passeport, from passer (“pass”) + port (“port”). Compare portpass. Equivalent to pass + port.

  1. derived from passeport

Definitions

  1. An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity…

    An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

    • You will have to bring your passport to prove who you are.
    • Meanwhile, the Italian authorities examine passports and hand-baggage, except in the case of sleeping-car passengers, who are usually left undisturbed.
    • Dagobert gave him back his passport. He re-pocketed it indifferently; a talisman which had lost its potency.
  2. Any document that allows entry or passage.

  3. Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.

    • The tenor's voice was his passport to the international concert circuit.
  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. An identification document used by firefighters, collected when they enter a dangerous…

      An identification document used by firefighters, collected when they enter a dangerous area and returned when they leave, to keep track of who is still in the area.

    2. To regulate how money given to a local authority must be spent.

      • Did we not pass an Act last year which passported the money directly through to the schools and gave local authorities very little discretion?
      • They are talking about whether the money that goes into district councils ends up getting passported through to the operators through concessionary fares.
    3. Providing the legal requirements to enable or legitimize cross-border economic activity.

      • Also, in this context, rules are different in relation to passporting the asset managers' activities, or the product […]
      • She was announcing that a “draft law on criminal liability for forced Russian passporting” had been approved, which was “aimed primarily at punishing the organisers of hostile passporting and their accomplices”.
    4. To enable eligibility for a benefit automatically based on eligibility for a different…

      To enable eligibility for a benefit automatically based on eligibility for a different benefit.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA