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pass-through

pass-through is the alternative form of passthrough.

Meaning of passthrough

Noun

passthrough (countable and uncountable, plural passthroughs)

  1. As of a signal through a device or network.
  2. As of increased costs through a business entity to its customers through increased prices.
    • The airlines called the fuel surcharge a passthrough, but did not rescind it until well after fuel prices had returned to previous levels.
  3. Allowing the use of some resource unchanged from one system to another.
    • GPU passthrough
  4. A wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it.
  5. A legal entity intended to not incur (income) taxation at the entity, but solely at the beneficiaries.
    • Partnerships, limited-liability companies, and Subchapter S corporations are the main US passthroughs.
    Synonyms:
    flowthrough

Forms of pass-through

pluralpass-throughs

Origin of pass-through

Deverbal from pass through.

Questions about pass-through

What is pass-through the alternative form of?
Pass-through is the alternative form of passthrough.

Words near pass-through in the dictionary

  1. pass-out
  2. pass-outs
  3. pass-parole
  4. pass-paroles
  5. pass-remarkable
  6. pass-through
  7. pass-throughs
  8. pass-time
  9. pass-times
  10. pass-word
  11. pass-words

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pass-through (page history and authors); passthrough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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