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From on +‎ pass.

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onpass (third-person singular simple present onpasses, present participle onpassing, simple past and past participle onpassed)

  1. (transitive) To pass along or hand over.
    • 2004 June 3, “Fed: Canberra to onpass torture claims to US”, in AAP General News, Australia, retrieved 21 January 2009:
      Canberra will pass on to the United States allegations by two former British detainees that Australian terror suspect Mamdouh Habib was tortured at Guantanamo Bay.
    • 2007 June 23, “Nuke News From North Korea”, in Wall Street Journal, retrieved 21 Jan. 2009, page A10:
      Presumably the North Koreans balked because they hadn't been able to find any financial institution that would onpass to them the $25 million unfrozen by the U.S. from a bank in Macau.
    • 2009 January 20, Rita Trichur, Brett Popplewell, “Banks urged to match full rate cut”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 21 Jan. 2009, page B7:
      While most expect the central bank to cut again today, not everyone is convinced commercial banks will onpass the full savings.

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