passthrough
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passthrough
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Deverbal from pass through.
noun passthroughs · passthru · pass-through
- As of a signal through a device or network.
- As of increased costs through a business entity to its customers through increased prices. The airlines called the fuel surcharge a passthrough, but did not rescind it until well after fuel prices had returned to previous levels.
- Allowing the use of some resource unchanged from one system to another. GPU passthrough
- A wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it.
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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.
Similar: flowthrough
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noun VR headset mode
| Español | modo transparente, passthru (pászru) |
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