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Gram.a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.
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passive loss — ➔ loss * * * passive loss UK US noun [C or U] FINANCE ► a loss that results from a business activity in which you are not involved in an active way: »Many who earn money from renting out properties have suffered large passive losses since the… … Financial and business terms
passive resistance — noun (U) a way of opposing or protesting against something without using violence: Gandhi s campaign of passive resistance passive smoking noun (U) the act of breathing in smoke from someone else s cigarette, pipe etc … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
