Conveyance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˈveɪəns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Conveyance is a noun meaning An act or instance of conveying.
Meaning
An act or instance of conveying.
More Meanings
- A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
- (law) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
- (law, transitive) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
Example Sentences
Three in a hansom cab is not, under all circumstances, the most comfortable method of conveyance […]
The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another.
Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
Word Forms
- conveyances
- conveyaunce
- conveyancing
- conveyanced
Synonyms for conveyance
Depending on context, synonyms include transfer, transport, imparting, transportation, conveying, transferral.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, impartation, imparting.
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