passport
Meanings
Plural: passports
Noun
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
- any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
- "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society"
- An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
- Any document that allows entry or passage.
- Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.
- 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.
- Providing the legal requirements to enable or legitimize cross-border economic activity.
- To enable eligibility for a benefit automatically based on eligibility for a different benefit.
Origin / Etymology
From French passeport, from passer (“pass”) + port (“port”). Compare portpass. Equivalent to pass + port.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
passport is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpassport is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
passport is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
passport is a valid Words With Friends word