pass-through

Goes right through

Pass-through describes something that transfers or conveys without retention.

A pass-through window connects kitchen to dining room.

Pass-through costs are expenses transferred directly to customers.

Pass-through taxation flows business income to owners' personal returns.

As a noun, a pass-through is the opening or channel itself, or an entity structured for such transfer: The LLC operates as a pass-through.

transit

conduit

Tube conveying fluid or cables

gateway · throughway · pathway · tunnel · duct · artery · route · thoroughfare · aperture · opening

transmission

relay

Stage-by-stage transmission

repeater · router · hub · switch · gateway · amplifier · bandwidth · throughput · packet · handoff

filtering

membrane

Thin tissue sheet

porous · screen · mesh · osmosis · diffusion · dialysis · separation · barrier · percolation · strainer

financial

deduction

Conclusion from premises

  • expenseMoney paid out
  • costRequired payment amount
  • feePayment for service

charge · tax · reimbursement · invoice · billing · markup · itemized · escrow · disbursement · payment

transparency

clear

Without obstruction or fog

sheer · unobstructed · pellucid · open · visible · diaphanous · crystalline

Categories
Opposites
retention vs. transmission

pass-throughretention

Continued holding or possession

absorption · retained · kept · absorbed · held

physical barrier permeability

pass-throughblocked

Passage prevented or impeded

sealed · barrier · dead end · obstruction · closed off

financial absorption

pass-throughsubsidized

Offset by external funding

internalized · written off · covered · offset · discounted

Family

passthrough

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G