Passport Definition

păspôrt
passports
noun
passports
A government document issued to a citizen for travel abroad, subject to visa requirements, certifying identity and citizenship: it entitles the bearer to the protection of his or her own country and that of the countries visited.
Webster's New World
An official permit issued by a foreign country allowing one to transport goods or to travel through that country.
American Heritage

Safe-conduct.

Webster's New World
An official document issued by an allied foreign government to a ship, especially a neutral merchant ship in time of war, authorizing it to enter and travel through certain waters freely.
American Heritage
Anything that enables a person to be accepted, admitted, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Passport

Noun

Singular:
passport
Plural:
passports

Origin of Passport

  • French passeport from Old French passer to pass pass port port port1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French passeport, from passer (“pass") + port (“port"). Compare portpass.

    From Wiktionary

Passport Sentence Examples

  • But the terms passport and sea-letter are often used indiscriminately.

  • In its more familiar sense a passport is a.

  • Chinese literary examinations ceased to be a passport to office.

  • Keep your passport with you at all times.

  • The savings passport program, as the membership is called, also has a point system in which customer get cash back in the form of rebate checks towards future purchases.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAS

Words Ending With

TRTORT

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passport

Words Starting With P and Ending With T

Starts With P & Ends With TStarts With PA & Ends With TStarts With P & Ends With RT

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With P8 Letter Words Ending With T