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I was recently at a meeting where someone questioned whether passage was the correct word for meaning to pass a bill. I looked it up and found the 14th meaning to be "the enactment into law of a legislative measure," so it sounds like it was correctly used.

Does this use of the word seem clear to you? This person questioning it thought of passage as meaning a portion of a written work or a hall or corridor.
 
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We certainly use it. A bill goes through several stages in its passage through parliament before becoming law is an example of this use.


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I thought I was missing something when she said it, but the dictionary seemed pretty clear to me.
 
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