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1 ♦ passive
♦ passive /ˈpæsɪv/A a.1 passivo: to remain passive, restare passivo; passive resistance, resistenza passiva; passive smoking, fumo passivo; (ling.) passive vocabulary, vocabolario passivo; ( sport) passive play, gioco passivo; (fin.) passive management, gestione passiva; (econ., fin.) passive income, reddito passivo2 (fin., rag.) passivo; in passivo; ( di un saldo, ecc.) negativo: passive balance of trade, bilancia commerciale passiva; (comm.) passive debt, credito infruttiferoB n. [u](gramm.) passivo: a verb in the passive, un verbo al passivo.
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