Meanings
present singular third person onpasses · participle present onpassing · participle past onpassed · past onpassed
- transitiveTo pass along or hand over.
While most expect the central bank to cut again today, not everyone is convinced commercial banks will onpass the full savings.
2009 January 20, Rita Trichur, Brett Popplewell, “Banks urged to match full rate cut”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 21 Jan 2009, page B72 more examples
Canberra will pass on to the United States allegations by two former British detainees that Australian terror suspect Mamdouh Habib was tortured at Guantanamo Bay.
2004 June 3, “Fed: Canberra to onpass torture claims to US”, in AAP General News, Australia, retrieved 21 Jan 2009Presumably the North Koreans balked because they hadn't been able to find any financial institution that would onpass to them the $25 million unfrozen by the U.S. from a bank in Macau.
2007 June 23, “Nuke News From North Korea”, in Wall Street Journal, retrieved 21 Jan 2009, page A10
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onpass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onpass
“onpass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onpass. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onpass,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onpass.
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