passalong

[pas-uh-lawng, -long, pahs-]

pass·a·long

[pas-uh-lawng, -long, pahs-]
noun
1.
the act of giving or conveying something to another person for additional use: Readership passalong means that three people read every copy of the magazine.
2.
the act, policy, etc., of compensating for increased costs by incorporating them in the price charged a customer or client: a passalong to hotel guests of rising energy costs.
3.
the additional amount charged; surcharge: a passalong of thirty cents per gallon of gas.
adjective
4.
pertaining to or being a passalong.

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Passalong is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1975–80; noun use of verb phrase pass along
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