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passdown

/ˈpæs(ˌ)daʊn/

passdown noun: a transfer of information or responsibilities from one worker to another, especially between shifts.

Noun

passdown (plural passdowns)

  1. A transfer of information or responsibilities from one worker to another, especially between shifts.
    • My job as a chemical quality assurance lab technician is as follows: get passdown from previous technician about how the plant is running, prepare lab for my shift, receive samples every two hours, run tests, compute results, clean-up, give passdown to next technician.1995, The Kuder Book of People Who Like Their Work, →ISBN, page 528

Forms of passdown

pluralpassdowns

Origin of passdown

Nominalization of the phrasal verb pass down.

Questions about passdown

What does passdown mean?
Passdown means a transfer of information or responsibilities from one worker to another, especially between shifts.
What part of speech is passdown?
Passdown is a noun.
How do you pronounce passdown?
Passdown is pronounced /ˈpæs(ˌ)daʊn/.
What is the plural of passdown?
The plural of passdown is passdowns.

Words near passdown in the dictionary

  1. passcards
  2. Passchendaele
  3. passcode
  4. passcoded
  5. passcodes
  6. passdown
  7. passe
  8. Passe Crassane
  9. passe garde
  10. passe gardes
  11. passe-dix

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