pass-through

or pass·through

[ pas-throo, pahs- ]

noun

1. a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
2. a place through which one passes or is obliged to pass:

   Motorists used the park as a pass-through. The new gate will be a pass-through for security clearance.

3. passalong.

adjective

1. denoting a pass-through; passalong.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pass-through¹

1950–55, Americanism; noun and adj. use of verb phrase pass through

Example Sentences

Much depends, as numerous members of the Bank of England have suggested, on the pass through of Budget measures into prices and wages.

From BBC

Its Lebanese headquarters are located by a busy central intersection connecting western and eastern Beirut with the city centre and the airport road, which passes through the southern suburbs.

From BBC

Those pulses passed through transceivers, encountered the sandpapers, then rebounded back through the system for analysis by the team's learning model.

From Science Daily

More than 10,000 women and girls passed through the institutions in Northern Ireland between the 1920s and the 1990s.

From BBC

Once Chancay is fully up and running, goods from Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and even Brazil are expected to pass through it on their way to Shanghai and other Asian ports.

From BBC

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