pass-by
/ˈpɑːsbʌɪ/ /ˈpasbʌɪ/noun
1An act of passing by. rare before late 20th cent.
2A passer-by. rare.
3 Mining. A place on a railway where vehicles can pass one another. Now rare.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), archbishop of Canterbury. From pass + by, after to pass by.
- commitment
- commitment ceremony
- commitment fee
- commitment letter
- commitment order
- commitment-phobe
- commitment phobia
- commitment-phobic
- commitment ring
- commitology
- committable
- committal
- committal hearing
- committal proceeding
- committance
- committed
- committee
- committee boat
- committee chair
- committee hearing
- committeeing
- committeeism
- committeeman
- Committee of Public Safety
- committee of the whole