(US) A permit to be out of class during school hours. / (by extension, informal) An agreement to temporarily or conditionally relax monogamy in a relationship.

(chess) A pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns on its own or adjacent files, and that hence has a clear run to the first or eighth rank.

plural of suicide pass

(ice hockey) a pass going up-ice where the passee must look behind towards the passer for the location of the puck, therefore being left unaware of opposition players further up-ice, allowing the passee to be checked from a blind spot

plural of passed pawn

A pass that allows the user to travel on buses for a certain duration or a certain number of trips.

A French variety of winter pear.

A ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away expecting to return.

(military, historical) A box used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece.

(electronics) A transistor used as a switch to pass logic levels between nodes of a circuit, instead of as a switch connected directly to a supply voltage.