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PASSPORTING
Etymology
Noun
passporting (uncountable)
The provision of commercial services in another EEA (European Economic Area) country without requiring separate authorization to operate in that country.
Source: Wiktionary
PASSPORT
Pass"port (, n. Etym: [F. passeport, orig., a permission to leave a port or to sail into it; passer to pass + port a port, harbor. See Pass, and Port a harbor.]
1. Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water. Caution in granting passports to Ireland. Clarendon.
2. A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
3. A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct. Burrill.
4. Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance. Sir P. Sidney. His passport is his innocence and grace. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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