LAISSEZ PASSER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

Example:

the media representatives had special passes

Synonyms:

laissez passer; pass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)