Passport

Quick meaning: Passport is a noun meaning (by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.

Meaning

(by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.
2. To regulate how money given to a local authority must be spent.
3. Providing the legal requirements to enable or legitimize cross-border economic activity.
4. To enable eligibility for a benefit automatically based on eligibility for a different benefit.
5. An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
6. 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.

Example Sentences

You will have to bring your passport to prove who you are.

The tenor's voice was his passport to the international concert circuit.

Dagobert gave him back his passport. He re-pocketed it indifferently; a talisman which had lost its potency.

Did we not pass an Act last year which passported the money directly through to the schools and gave local authorities very little discretion?

Word Forms

• passports
• passporting
• passported

Synonyms for passport

Depending on context, synonyms include pass.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pass, e-passport, laissez-passer, carnet, ticket, travel.

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