clearances

Meaning of clearances

noun
  1. The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared
  2. The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
  3. 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. A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.
    He got clearance to travel to America, even though he had previous links to terrorists
  5. A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information.
  6. A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.
  7. (retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise.
  8. The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
  9. The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.
  10. The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
  11. The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
  12. Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
  13. Clear or net profit.
  14. 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. The act of leaving the area of a stoppage.

Information about clearances

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of clearances is: clearance.
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Hyphenation of clearances

clear-ances

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • clearances is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with clearances

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