Dictionary

passthrough en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from pass through.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of passing through. ▸ As of a signal through a device or network.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of passing through. ▸ As of increased costs through a business entity to its customers through increased prices.
   • 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:
   • The airlines called the fuel surcharge a passthrough, but did not rescind it until well after fuel prices had returned to previous levels.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of passing through. ▸ Allowing the use of some resource unchanged from one system to another.
   • passthrough shader
   • GPU passthrough
4. (countable, uncountable) A wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it.
5. (countable, uncountable) A 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.

Forms

Synonyms

flowthrough

Translations (8)

ru прохо́д (The act of passing through) · pl passthrough (VR headset mode) · es passthru (pászru) (VR headset mode) · es modo transparente (VR headset mode) · pl przejazd (The act of passing through) · fi läpimeno (The act of passing through) · fr traversée (The act of passing through) · ru прое́зд (The act of passing through)