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pass

noun (DOCUMENT)
 
 
/pɑːs/ US  /pæs/

Definition

B1 [C] an official document or ticket showing that you have the right to go somewhere or use a particular form of transport: a bus pass a boarding pass My guest pass allows me to use the club's facilities free of charge.Tickets [C] mainly US a document that allows a student to leave a class for a particular reason: She had a pass to go to the library.Schools in general
(Definition of pass noun (DOCUMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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