ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Preclearance

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Preclearance is a noun meaning A procedure to arrange for clearing customs or immigration in advance.

Meaning

A procedure to arrange for clearing customs or immigration in advance.

More Meanings

  1. (US, law) Advance approval by a federal court or the Department of Justice for changes to voting regulations in certain states under the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Example Sentences

The customs service announced new preclearance regulations last week.
The great state of Alabama believes that preclearance is a relic of the past.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clearance, pre-approval, preapproval, preclean, predeparture, preprocessing.

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