onpass

English

Etymology

From on +‎ pass.

Verb

onpass (third-person singular simple present onpasses, present participle onpassing, simple past and past participle onpassed)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• relay, transfer

Anagrams

• Spanos, pass on