passport

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.

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

3. 3
   verb

   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?

4. 4
   verb

   Providing the legal requirements to enable or legitimize cross-border economic activity.

   Apart from the condition in (ii), which may easily be overcome via an agreement between the depositor and the bank, European legislation does not preclude the entry of Islamic financial undertakings on the internal market at EU-based credit institutions because banking directives allow European credit institutions to perform not only the core banking business, but also passported activities according to the principle of mutual recognition and home country control.

5. 5
   verb

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

   At present, recipients of Working Tax Credit who are not also in receipt of Child Tax Credit are automatically passported to a full fee remission in some courts and tribunals, and those in receipt of Working Tax Credit and in receipt of child tax credit are passported in others (see annex B).

6. 6
   noun

   any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission

7. 7
   noun

   a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

8. 8
   noun

   any authorization to pass or go somewhere

Etymology

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