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English
Etymology
on + pass
Verb
onpass (third-person singular simple present onpasses, present participle onpassing, simple past and past participle onpassed)
- (transitive) To pass along or hand over.
2004 June 3, “Fed: Canberra to onpass torture claims to US”, in AAP General News, Australia, retrieved 21 January 2009: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.
2007 June 23, “Nuke News From North Korea”, in Wall Street Journal, retrieved 21 Jan. 2009, page A10: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.
2009 January 20, Rita Trichur, Brett Popplewell, “Banks urged to match full rate cut”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 21 Jan. 2009, page B7:While most expect the central bank to cut again today, not everyone is convinced commercial banks will onpass the full savings.
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