clearance

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.
2. (countable, uncountable) The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
3. (countable, uncountable) The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.
4. (countable, uncountable) A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.
5. (countable, uncountable) A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information.
6. (countable, uncountable) A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.
7. (countable, uncountable) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.
8. (countable, uncountable) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
9. (countable, uncountable) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.
10. (countable, uncountable) The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
11. (countable, uncountable) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
12. (countable, uncountable) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
13. (countable, uncountable) Clear or net profit.
14. (countable, uncountable) The first disposal in a chain that leaves the area of a stoppage, or a disposal that leaves the area of a stoppage itself.
15. (countable, uncountable) The act of leaving the area of a stoppage.

Synonyms

clearing

clearance sale

permission

customs clearance

gap

spacing

authorization

liquidation

security clearance

headroom

headway

leave

pass

removal

authority

release

leeway

length

licence

license

net profit

permit

play

range

refine

remission

remoteness

riddance

safe-conduct

safeguard

sale

sanction

say-so

scour

separation

slack

space

space between

spade work

warrant

winding up

withdrawal

cl

laissez passer

square accounts

desintering

standoffishness

empowerment

mopping-up

check clearing

Translations

clairance

Räumung

autorisation

jeu

despeje

permiso

despacho

temizleme

Zwischenraum

dédouanement

chiarificazione

claro

dégagement

gioco

Ausverkauf

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɪəɹən(t)s/

Etymology

From clear + -ance.