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affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as,
the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed. "The passage of the Stamp Act." D. Hosack.
The final question was then put upon its passage. Cushing. In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been studied but in passage." Bacon. - - Middle
passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage. See under Middle, Northeast, etc. — Of
passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to another; migratory; — said especially of birds.
"Birds of passage." Longfellow. — Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration. — Passage
money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, — usually for carrying passengers by water.
Syn. — Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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