onpass

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verb

To pass along or hand over.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbonpass (third-person singular simple present onpasses, present participle onpassing, simple past and past participle onpassed)

present singular third person onpasses · participle present onpassing · participle past onpassed · past onpassed

  1. 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 B7
    2 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 2009

    Presumably 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

    Synonyms: relay, transfer

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo pass along or hand over.

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APA

onpass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onpass

MLA

“onpass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onpass. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onpass,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onpass.

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