Clearance

Quick meaning: Clearance is a noun meaning The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.

Meaning

The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.

More Meanings

1. The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
2. A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.
3. A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information.
4. A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.
5. (banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
6. 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.
7. (retail) 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.

Example Sentences

The plane got clearance from air traffic control, and we were off.

Piggybacking introduced severe clearance problems for many railroads.

He got clearance to travel to America, even though he had previous links to terrorists.

To obtain the required overhead clearance at Stockport, it will be necessary to open out the Edgeley tunnels.

Word Forms

• clearances

Synonyms for clearance

Depending on context, synonyms include clearing, headway, headroom.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include headway, headroom, clearing, removing, disposal, remove.

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