passthrough
See also: pass through
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- passthru (US), pass-through
Etymology
[edit]Deverbal from pass through.
Noun
[edit]passthrough (countable and uncountable, plural passthroughs)
- The act or process of passing through.
- (electronics, networking) As of a signal through a device or network.
- (business, economics) As of increased costs through a business entity to its customers through increased prices.
- 1976 August 21, A. Nolder Gay, “Another View”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 4:
- 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.
- The airlines called the fuel surcharge a passthrough, but did not rescind it until well after fuel prices had returned to previous levels.
- A wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it.
- (taxation) 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.
- Synonym: flowthrough