passport means an official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
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.”
- Any document that allows entry or passage.
- Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.“The tenor's voice was his passport to the international concert circuit.”
- 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
- 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?”
- 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 accord”
- 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).”