Meaning of passthrough | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or process of passing through.
   countable, uncountable
2. As of a signal through a device or network.
   countable, uncountable
3. As of increased costs through a business entity to its customers through increased prices.
   countable, uncountable
4. Allowing the use of some resource unchanged from one system to another.
   countable, uncountable
5. A wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it.
   countable, uncountable
6. A legal entity intended to not incur (income) taxation at the entity, but solely at the beneficiaries.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The airlines called the fuel surcharge a passthrough, but did not rescind it until well after fuel prices had returned to previous levels.”

“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.”

“GPU passthrough”

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

“passthrough shader”

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

“Partnerships, limited-liability companies, and Subchapter S corporations are the main US passthroughs.”

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