passthrough

1. The act or process of passing through.

   (countable, uncountable)As of a signal through a device or network.

2. (countable, uncountable)As of increased costs through a business entity to its customers through increased prices.

   The airlines called the fuel surcharge a passthrough, but did not rescind it until well after fuel prices had returned to previous levels.

3. (countable, uncountable)Allowing the use of some resource unchanged from one system to another.

   GPU passthrough

   passthrough shader

4. (countable, uncountable)A wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it.

5. (countable, uncountable)A legal entity intended to not incur (income) taxation at the entity, but solely at the beneficiaries.

   Partnerships, limited-liability companies, and Subchapter S corporations are the main US passthroughs.

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