clearance

[ kleer-uh ns ]

/ ˈklɪər əns /

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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.

the clearing of a ship at a port.
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.

Origin of clearance

First recorded in 1555–65; clear + -ance

OTHER WORDS FROM clearance

clear·er, noun non·clear·ance, noun pre·clear·ance, noun, adjective self-clear·ance, noun

Words nearby clearance

clear-eye, clear-eyed, clear-fell, clear-headed, clear-sighted, clearance, clearchus, clearcole, clearfield, clearheaded, clearing

Example sentences from the Web for clearance

Clearance is determined by a having a current test entered into PASS.

How Will Porn Solve Its HIV Crisis? |Richard Abowitz |September 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In 2008 it granted “top secret” clearance to an employee who had recently been convicted of lying to government officials.

Booz Allen Keeps Winning Government Security Contracts After Snowden Leak |Filipa Ioannou |August 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The depth of the background investigations depends on the level of clearance.

How Did He Get Clearance? |Miranda Green |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Insiders suggest it could take up to three fiscal years and a senatorial act to overhaul the current clearance system.

How Did He Get Clearance? |Miranda Green |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Some say there are systematic problems with the methods OPM uses to carry out its clearance investigations.

How Did He Get Clearance? |Miranda Green |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I desire you will come to the bottom of it in clearance to me.

Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) |Samuel Richardson
This was sent up for clearance, and insofar as the citizenship angle was concerned, I agreed with what they had done.

Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The obtaining of a clearance at the custom-house was not a very difficult matter.

Continental Monthly , Vol I, Issue I, January 1862 |Various
Not only that, but they have a clearance for this kind of special work—we've needed them before.

Out Like a Light |Gordon Randall Garrett
They got their clearance without delay and headed for the ready room.

A Yankee Flier Over Berlin |Al Avery

British Dictionary definitions for clearance

clearance

/ (ˈklɪərəns) /

noun

the process or an instance of clearingslum 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

Medical definitions for clearance

clearance

[ klîr′əns ]

n.

The removal of a substance from the blood, expressed as the volume of blood or plasma cleared of the substance per unit time.

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