Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pass, especially one used in lieu of a passport.
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- noun
pass ;permit - noun A document permitting the bearer to travel, sometimes issued as an emergency
passport .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His so- called laissez-passer travel document issued by the United Nations will be given to his lawyers, who will turn it over to prosecutors, according to the filing.
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They are also requesting that East Jerusalem residents who have to pay an additional fee for a one-time permit every time they travel 205 shekels or $55 be allowed to use the laissez-passer travel document which would allow them multiple trips without needing to take out a one-time expensive permit.
Daoud Kuttab: Karameh Means Dignity for Palestinians Daoud Kuttab 2010
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They are also requesting that East Jerusalem residents who have to pay an additional fee for a one-time permit every time they travel (205 shekels or $55) be allowed to use the laissez-passer travel document which would allow them multiple trips without needing to take out a one-time expensive permit.
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Her application for asylum, and the processing of her case by the immigration courts, hinge on a personal identification document called a laissez-passer issued by the Ethiopian government.
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They are also requesting that East Jerusalem residents who have to pay an additional fee for a one-time permit every time they travel (205 shekels or $55) be allowed to use the laissez-passer travel document which would allow them multiple trips without needing to take out a one-time expensive permit.
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While they are granted a laissez-passer (travel document) as permanent residents of Israel, only some religious clerics and university students are granted temporary permission to leave to enter Syria.
Syrians See Apple Harvest as Sign of Peace to Come IWPR 2009
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She therefore asked the State Department to intervene, which resulted in Israel giving her a laissez-passer to come here and arrange her status.
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She therefore asked the State Department to intervene, which resulted in Israel giving her a laissez-passer to come here and arrange her status.
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The American passport was truly a laissez-passer—a safeguard.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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France where he was issued with a laissez-passer, a diplomatic document which allowed him also to travel to Germany, whose membership of the
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