passthrough

plural passthroughs · alternative passthru · alternative pass-through

1. The act or process of passing through.
   1. countableuncountablebusinessAs of a signal through a device or network.
   2. countableuncountablebusinessAs 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.

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      Boston's projected $50 to $70 per thousand jump in the property tax rate, which will hit gays, poor and blacks alike with about an 8% pass-through rent increase this year.

      1976 August 21, A. Nolder Gay, “Another View”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 4

   3. countableuncountablecomputingAllowing the use of some resource unchanged from one system to another.

      GPU passthrough

      allowing the direct use of a GPU in a guest virtual machine

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      passthrough shader

      a shader that applies no transformations to the input data, leaving it as is

2. countableuncountableA wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it.
3. countableuncountableeconomicsA 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