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May 27, 2012
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pass•a•long



Pronunciation: (pas'u-lông", -long", päs'-), [key]
—n.
1. the act of giving or conveying something to another person for additional use: Readership passalong means that three people read every copy of the magazine.
2. the act, policy, etc., of compensating for increased costs by incorporating them in the price charged a customer or client: a passalong to hotel guests of rising energy costs.
3. the additional amount charged; surcharge: a passalong of thirty cents per gallon of gas.

—adj.
pertaining to or being a passalong.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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