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- passage pas‧sage [ˈpæsɪdʒ] noun [uncountable]LAW the progress of a law, bill etc through parliament before it takes effect:
• A month after its passage, Italy's insider-trading law is continuing to stir debate.
passage of• One result of the oil crisis could be a slowdown in the passage of a tougher Clean Air Act.
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passage UK US /ˈpæsɪdʒ/ noun► [C] (also passageway /ˈpæsɪdzweɪ/) a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or a covered path which connects places: »There's a passage on the side of the building – the maintenance department is along there.
► [C] a short piece of writing that is part of a larger piece of work: »There's one passage in the report which seems incorrect.
► [U] an act of moving through a place: »Despite security checks, our passage through the airport was fairly quick.
► [U or S] the way that time passes: »The directors are hopeful that, with the passage of time, trading conditions will improve.
► [ U] official approval of something, especially a new law: passage of sth »Protesters are opposing passage of the new energy bill through parliament.
Financial and business terms. 2012.