passdown means A transfer of information or responsibilities from one worker to another, especially between shifts. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 96 out of 100.
passdown is pronounced /ˈpæs(ˌ)daʊn/.
Etymology
Nominalization of the phrasal verb pass down.
noun
- A transfer of information or responsibilities from one worker to another, especially between shifts.“My job as a chemical quality assurance lab technician is as follows: get passdown from previous technician about how the plant is running, prepare lab for my shift, receive samples every two hours, run tests, compute results, clean-up, give passdown to next technician.”