passdown

English

Etymology

Nominalization of the phrasal verb pass down.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæs(ˌ)daʊn/

Noun

passdown (plural passdowns)

  1. A transfer of information or responsibilities from one worker to another, especially between shifts.
    • 1995, The Kuder Book of People Who Like Their Work, →ISBN, page 528:
      My job as a chemical quality assurance lab technician is as follows: get passdown from previous technician about how the plant is running, prepare lab for my shift, receive samples every two hours, run tests, compute results, clean-up, give passdown to next technician.

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