passport
/ˈpæspɔɹt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
noun
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.
verb
Providing the legal requirements to enable or legitimize cross-border economic activity.
verb
To enable eligibility for a benefit automatically based on eligibility for a different benefit.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The tenor's voice was his passport to the international concert circuit."
- "Thus like the ſad preſaging Rauen that tolls / The ſick mans paſſeport in her hollovv beake, / And in the ſhadovv of the ſilent night / Doth ſhake contagion from her ſable vvings; / Vex'd and tormented runnes poore Barabas / VVith fatall curſes tovvards theſe Chriſtians."
- "Did we not pass an Act last year which passported the money directly through to the schools and gave local authorities very little discretion?"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: passeport
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpæspɔɹt/
- British English: /ˈpɑːspɔːt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.