LAISSEZ PASSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laissez passer mean? 

• LAISSEZ PASSER (noun)
  The noun LAISSEZ PASSER has 1 sense:

1. a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

  Familiarity information: LAISSEZ PASSER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAISSEZ PASSER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

laissez passer; pass

Context example:

the media representatives had special passes

Hypernyms ("laissez passer" is a kind of...):

permission (approval to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laissez passer"):

boarding card; boarding pass (a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane)

hall pass (written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school)

ticket-of-leave (a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions)