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clearance
[ kleer-uhns ]
noun
- the act of clearing.
- the distance between two objects; an amount of clear space:
The bridge allowed a clearance of 37 feet at mean high water.
- a formal authorization permitting access to classified information, documents, etc.
- Also called clearance sale. the disposal of merchandise at reduced prices to make room for new goods:
He bought the coat for half price at a clearance.
- a clear space; a clearing:
The house stood in a clearance among the trees.
- Banking. an exchange of checks and other commercial paper drawn on members of a clearinghouse, usually effected at a daily meeting of the members.
- Machinery. a space between two moving parts, left to avoid clashing or to permit relatively free motion.
- the angle between a face of a cutting tool, as a lathe tool, and the work.
- Nautical.
- Also called clearance papers. the official papers certifying this.
- Medicine/Medical. a test of the excretory function of the kidneys based on the volume of blood that is cleared of a specific substance per minute by renal excretion.
clearance
/ ˈ°ì±ôɪə°ùÉ™²Ô²õ /
noun
- the process or an instance of clearing
slum clearance
- ( as modifier )
a clearance order
- space between two parts in motion or in relative motion
- permission for an aircraft, ship, passengers, etc, to proceed
- official permission to have access to secret information, projects, areas, etc
- banking the exchange of commercial documents drawn on the members of a clearing house
- the disposal of merchandise at reduced prices
- ( as modifier )
a clearance sale
- sport
- the act of hitting or kicking a ball out of the defensive area, as in football
- an instance of this
- the act of clearing an area of land of its inhabitants by mass eviction See Highland Clearances
- dentistry the extraction of all of a person's teeth
- a less common word for clearing
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³¦±ô±ð²¹°ù·²¹²Ô³¦±ð noun
- ±è°ù±ð·³¦±ô±ð²¹°ù·²¹²Ô³¦±ð noun adjective
- ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-³¦±ô±ð²¹°ù·²¹²Ô³¦±ð noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of clearance1
Example Sentences
He loves defending and you have seen that with his last-second clearance off the line.
Trump issued a presidential memorandum threatening all law firms with sanctions, revoked security clearances and other punishments if his administration determines that they have improperly sued the federal government.
The judges did not strike down another part of Trump's order that revokes security clearances for the firms' attorneys.
It should have been a easy clearance for Zoe Harrison, but she knocked on behind her own line and gifted Wales a five metre scrum.
The deadline to apply for the government-run debris clearance program for the Eaton and Palisades fires has been extended by two weeks, and owners of some multiunit properties are now eligible, officials said Friday.
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