Portpass

Alternative forms

• port-pass, port pass

Origin

From port + pass. Compare passport.

Full definition of portpass

Noun

1. A document or doumentation allowing for legal entry into another land; a passport.
• 2009, Jody Wallace, Survival of the Fairest:“Is this enough?” The man frowned as he inspected the coin. “We don't take foreign money. You got traveler's checks?” “I have a portpass.” Tali flashed the small document that claimed Miss Smith was in this country legally.
• 2011, Paul C. Gardner, Angel's Moon:... along the border most of the American land ports of entry have a system in place where a frequent traveler, someone who crosses the border every day for his job, can get a free pass from inspection, which they call a Portpass card.
2. Anything allowing for entry into or through a port.
• 2003, Logistics management:When a truck exits the turnpike, the Portpass is read and this data automatically fed to the appropriate terminal which matches the truck with the container to be picked up so it can be pulled from the stack and ready when the truck ...
• 2006, Torin Monahan, Surveillance and security:The fingerprints are used for a quick background check with the FBI's IAFIS database, and the photograph and hand geometry are stored on a personalized smartcard, the “portpass.”