day pass

noun

plural day passes

: a card, ticket, voucher, etc. allowing admission (as to a resort, festival, or park) for a single day

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites library patrons … to check out a free day pass to state parks, forests and recreation areas.

—The Lakeland Times (Minocqua, Wisconsin)

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is getting rid of round-trip tickets for Metro-North rides. Day-trippers into the city will instead buy a day pass, which will be valid for unlimited rides until 4 a.m. the next morning.

—Gabby DeBenedictis

A day pass … allows visitors to access two beaches and three pools, unlimited food, Wi-Fi, towels and roundtrip transportation.

—Patrick Connolly

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above