# passported

Pronunciation: US say "PAS-por-tid" /ˈpæspɔɹtɪd/; UK say "PAHS-paw-tid" /ˈpɑːspɔːtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Automatically granted to a person who already receives certain other qualifying benefits, without a separate eligibility test. *(UK)*
   - Simple: Given to you automatically when you already receive another benefit that makes you qualify.
   - _Many council tax reductions are passported, granted the moment a household qualifies for universal credit._
   - _The dental exemption is a passported entitlement, so claimants of qualifying benefits face no further assessment._

## Origin

Formed from "passport" and the suffix "-ed," the idea being that one benefit serves as a metaphorical "passport" to the other.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/passported (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).