- passport control
- `passport con,trol noun uncount MAINLY BRITISHan area, for example in an airport or a railroad station, where your passport is checked when you go from one country to another
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passport control — ˈpassport conˌtrol noun [uncountable] TRAVEL the place at an airport or port where your passport is checked when you leave or enter a country: • It took us ages to get through passport control. * * * passport control UK US noun [U] ► the place at … Financial and business terms
passport control — passport con.trol n [U] the place where your passport is checked when you leave or enter a country →↑immigration ▪ It took us ages to get through passport control … Dictionary of contemporary English
passport control — UK US noun [uncountable] an area, for example in an airport or a railway station, where your passport is checked when you go from one country to another Thesaurus: passports and visashyponym … Useful english dictionary
passport control — n. A security checkpoint at an entrance point into a country where officials inspect and approve the passports of those wishing to enter. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
passport control — noun (U) the place where your passport is checked when you leave or enter a country … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
passport control — UK / US noun [uncountable] an area, for example in an airport or a railway station, where your passport is checked when you go from one country to another … English dictionary
passport control — border control, place where passports of those entering the country are checked … English contemporary dictionary
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