ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
  2. (law) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
  3. (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

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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