Passport

Definition: Passport

Passport

Noun

1. Any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit".

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

3. Any quality or characteristic that gains a person acceptance or admission; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "passport" was first used: sometime around 1500. (references)

Etymology: Passport \Pass"port\, noun. [French expression passeport, originally, permission to leave port or to sail into it; passer to pass port port, harbor. See Pass, and Port harbor.]. (references)

Satire

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Synonym: Passport

Command

Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice).

Instrumentality

Opener; key; master key, passkey, latchkey; " open sesame "; passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password.

Permission

Permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent.

Crosswords: Passport

He hasn't got a passport. (Catch Me If You Can; writing credit: Frank Abagnale Jr.; Stan Redding)

In the last few weeks he's gone to Harvard and Berkley, I think he can get a passport. (Catch Me If You Can; writing credit: Frank Abagnale Jr.; Stan Redding)

If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip. (references; author: unknown)

Passport (1961)

Diplomatic Passport (1956)

Passport to Treason (1955)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

Passport to Pimlico (1949)

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References

• Passport Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Mike Meyers' MCSE WIndows (R) 2000 Directory Services Administration Certification Passport (Exam 70-217) (reference)

• Sticker Passport U.S.A. (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Jem - Passport to Rock (Vol. 1) (reference)

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Music

• Passport to Serenity (reference)

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High Tech

• Ashton Digital Passport 2048 (1.7 GHz Intel Celeron, 128 MB RAM, 20 GB Hard Drive) (reference)

• Nortel Networks Gray Serial Adapter Module For Passport 2430 Req. Cable (reference)

• Nortel Networks Passport 8148Tx Edge Switch Module 48 Port 10/100Tx (reference)

• PASSPORT 2430 CORP SUITE-16M PCCARD V. 15.4 (reference)

• PASSPORT 2430 REMOTE OFF-SUITE 16M PCCARD V.15.4 (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Passport Lightweight Stroller in Khaki Gingham (reference)

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Carl I. Aslakson Nationalist China Passport. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Nationalist China passport issued to Carl Aslakson Aslakson was with Army Air Forces helping survey world air routes He witnessed Japanese bombings of Chungking after flying over the Hump. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Carl Aslakson passport photo on Nationalist China passport Aslakson was with Army Air Forces helping survey world air routes He witnessed Japanese bombings of Chungking after flying over the Hump. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread

That spectre, the past, not unfrequently, falsifies its passport.

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Health

As part of a study of Ohio's PASSPORT program, a Medicaid waiver program for community-based care, investigators found that more than half the cases they investigated affected a client who was cognitively impaired. (references)

Business

Democracy activist Xu Shuiliang was also issued a passport in July. (references)

Authorities also issued a passport and exit permit to dissident Chen Xiaoping. (references)

Military personnel arriving on commercial flights are not exempt from passport and visa requirements. (references)

Children

Morocco

Civil status is necessary to obtain a birth certificate, passport, or marriage license. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

All citizens have a right to a passport, and the Government does not restrict this right. (references)

Bangladesh

A High Court ruling ordered the passport to be returned to Monzur, and the Supreme Court rejected government appeals against the ruling. (references)

Economic History

Chile

A reciprocity visa of USD$61 remains in effect, is purchased upon arrival to Chile, and is valid for the life of your passport. (references)

Estonia

Comprised of 250-300 men each, the seven border guard districts, including a "coast guard," are responsible for border protection and passport and customs duties, as well as smuggling and drug trafficking interdiction. (references)

Kazakhstan

In mid-1997 the State Customs Committee and the National Bank began requiring a new document, the "Import [or] export transaction passport," ostensibly for the purpose of currency control. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

By year's end, all known government investigations into the activities of human rights activists had been closed, and police had returned the passport of one prominent human rights activist. (references)

Guinea

On May 18, President Conte pardoned Alpha Conde and later restored his passport and reportedly all other political and civil rights. (references)

Cameroon

Gendarmes met Tchameni's flight, detained him for 4 hours, and confiscated his passport and CNI documents. (references)

Minorities

Kuwait

Purchasing a fraudulent passport allows bidoon to receive a residency permit and other civil documents, to marry, and to work. (references)

Latvia

Ethnicity is identified in the passport of citizens but not in the passports of noncitizen residents. (references)

Latvia

Groups such as Roma and Belarussians have complained that, because the passport is a basic form of identification, they are subject to various forms of discrimination based on ethnicity, because of this requirement. (references)

Trade

Netherlands

Banks organized in the Netherlands as branches of a U.S. parent cannot benefit from the EU single banking passport and are subject to both U.S. and Dutch regulations. (references)

Norway

Through its EEA agreement, Norway has adopted the EU's CE mark/label some products sold in the EU. The CE label declares that the product conforms to EU standards/directives, and thus provides for a free float between borders, serving as a "product passport." The CE mark eliminates the need for each EU or EEA country to "certify" the product by its own national testing labs. (references)

Korea

In such a case, Korean Customs makes a note on the travelers' passport and then requires the traveler to take them out of Korea. (references)

Travel

Chad

The application for a work permit should include a resume or curriculum vitae along with a copy of the applicant's passport and entry visa. (references)

Chad

Health: A valid U.S. passport and international health certificate indicating recent yellow fever and cholera immunizations are required for entry into Chad. (references)

Costa Rica

Entry/Exit Requirements: A valid passport is required to enter Costa Rica. (references)

Women

Swaziland

A woman generally requires her husband's permission to borrow money, open a bank account, obtain a passport, leave the country, gain access to land, and, in some cases, take a job. (references)

Congo

Women are required by law to obtain their spouse's permission before engaging in routine legal transactions, such as selling or renting real estate, opening a bank account, accepting employment, or applying for a passport. (references)

Worker Rights

Poland

In one example offered by police, one Bulgarian women was detained several different times by police, each time with a new identity and passport. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "passport": a passport to ♦ alien's passport ♦ falsified passport ♦ foreign passport ♦ forged passport ♦ group passport ♦ Nansen passport ♦ Passport Agency ♦ passport bearer ♦ passport card ♦ passport control ♦ passport holder ♦ passport inspection ♦ passport office ♦ passport to fame ♦ poverty passport ♦ valid passport. Additional references.

Beginning with "passport": passport-holders, passport-photo-booth, passport-reading, passport-size, passport-style, passport-type.

Afrikaans

paspoort. (various references)

Albanian

pashaportën, pasaportë (protection). (various references)

Arabic 

‏جواز سفر, ‏إجازة مرور. (various references)

Asturian

pasaporte. (various references)

Basque

pasaportea. (various references)

Bavarian

roaspass. (various references)

Bemba

pasipoti. (various references)

Breton

zremen-porzh. (various references)

Bulgarian 

паспортен, паспорт (logbook, protection). (various references)

Catalan

passaport. (various references)

Cebuano

pasaporte. (various references)

Chamorro

pasapotte. (various references)

Chinese 

護照 , 护照. (various references)

Croatian

putovnica. (various references)

Czech

pas (midriff, pass, waist), cestovní pas. (various references)

Danish

pas (col, neck, para-aminosalicylic acid, PASA, road). (various references)

Dutch

paspoort, pas (exclusively, just, just now, only, pace, pass, step, stride). (various references)

Esperanto

pasporto. (various references)

Estonian

pass. (various references)

Faeroese

pass. (various references)

Farsi 

کلید (Key), گذرنامه (Pass), وسیله دخول , تذکره (Biography). (various references)

Finnish

Passi (amble). (various references)

Flemish

paspoort. (various references)

French

passeport. (various references)

French Canadian

passeport. (various references)

Frisian

paspoart. (various references)

Galician

pasaporte. (various references)

German

Paß, Reisepaß, Reisepass. (various references)

Greek 

διαβατήριο (pass). (various references)

Haitian Creole

paspò. (various references)

Hebrew 

דרכון. (various references)

Hungarian

útlevél. (various references)

Icelandic

vegabréfið (the passport). (various references)

Indonesian

paspor. (various references)

Inuktitut

nunaup asianurarunauti alilajuq. (various references)

Irish

phas, pas. (various references)

Italian

passaporto (chop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

パステル画 (catcher's error, parsley, passed ball, password, pastel, pastoral, pathetic, pathetic drama, personal, personal computer, puzzle), 旅券　, 旅券 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

パスポート , りょけん. (various references)

Korean 

여권. (various references)

Luxembourgish

pass. (various references)

Macedonian

pasosh. (various references)

Manx

lioar hroailtys, kied troailt (way-leave). (various references)

Norwegian

pass. (various references)

Papiamen

pasport. (various references)

Pig Latin

assportpay.(various references)

Polish

paszport. (various references)

Portuguese

passaporte (chop, pass). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

passaporte. (various references)

Provencal

passapòrt. (various references)

Romanian

paşaport (pass, push). (various references)

Romansch

passaport. (various references)

Russian 

паспорт паспортный, паспорт (certificate, pass). (various references)

Samoan

pepa folau. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pasoš. (various references)

Sicilian

passaporti. (various references)

Somali

baasaboorkaygii (my passport). (various references)

Spanish

pasaporte. (various references)

Swahili

pasipoti. (various references)

Swedish

pass (beat, defile, pass, passage). (various references)

Tagalog

pasaporte, pasapórte. (various references)

Turkish

pasaport (pass), giriş izni (admission, entry permit). (various references)

Turkmen 

pasport (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

паспорт (pass). (various references)

Zulu

ipasipoti, ilipasipoti. (various references)

passeport. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "passport": passports. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Passport" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asport, fashport, jansport, pisspot. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pastors.

-2 letters: assort, pastor, roasts, sapors, sports, sprats, straps, strops.

-3 letters: aport, oasts, parts, pasts, ports, posts, praos, prats, proas, props, pross, prost, psoas, rasps, ratos, roast, rotas, sapor, saros, soaps, soars, soras, sorts, spars, spats, sport, spots, sprat, stars, stoas, stops, strap, strop, taros, tarps, toras, traps, trass, tsars.

-4 letters: arts, asps, atop.

+1 letter: passports.

+2 letters: pastorship, spaceports, strappados.

+3 letters: apostrophes, pastorships, proplastids, protoplasms, protoplasts, saprophytes, spheroplast, strappadoes, tropopauses.

+4 letters: apostrophise, malapropists, praetorships, spheroplasts, suppurations.

+5 letters: apostrophised, apostrophises, apostrophizes, laparoscopist, papyrologists, perspirations, phosphaturias, phragmoplasts, polygraphists, postlapsarian, propagandists, spectatorship, spectrographs, sportsmanship, superpatriots, triphosphates.