Definition of Laissez passer

1. Noun. A document indicating permission to do something without restrictions. "The media representatives had special passes"

Exact synonyms: Pass
Generic synonyms: Permission
Specialized synonyms: Boarding Card, Boarding Pass, Hall Pass, Ticket-of-leave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laissez Passer

lairs
lairy
lais
laisse
laisser faire
laisses
laissez-faire
laissez-faire(a)
laissez-faire economy
laissez-faireism
laissez-fairism
laissez aller
laissez faire
lait
laitakarite
laitance
laitances
laitand
laith
laithly
laities
laity
lakao
lake
lake-effect
lake bed
lake bottom

Literary usage of Laissez passer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Reminiscences by Raphael Pumpelly (1918)
"... for me a laissez passer from the Turkish Ambassador. It was in Turkish, and in sending it to me Mr. Choate wrote: "After reading it I am not sure that ..."

2. National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List, Stephen Colwell (1856)
"Whatever be the exaggerations to which the maxim of laissez passer has given rise, it ought to be said the merchants, as such, have not been prominent ..."

3. Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in by Edward Latham (1906)
"laissez passer la justice du roi. (Make way for the king's justice.) Inscription said to have been placed, in the reign (1380-1422) of CHARLES VI ..."

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