Clearance vs. Clearing

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

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The act or process of making or becoming clear.

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The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine

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An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

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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.

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An open space in the fog etc.

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A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.

‘The plane got clearance from air traffic control, and we were off.’; ‘He got clearance to travel to America, even though he had previous links to terrorists’;

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A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

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A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information.

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(telecommunication) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.

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A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.

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The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.

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(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise.

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(soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

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The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.

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The act or process of making clear.

‘The better clearing of this point.’;

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(medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.

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A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.

‘A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie Lake.’;

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The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.

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A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.

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(soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.

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The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.

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(chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.

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a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

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Clear or net profit.

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the act of freeing from suspicion

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(Australian rules football) The first disposal in a chain that leaves the area of a stoppage, or a disposal that leaves the area of a stoppage itself.

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the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

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(Australian rules football) The act of leaving the area of a stoppage.

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The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.

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A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.

‘Every ship was subject to seizure for want of stamped clearances.’;

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Clear or net profit.

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The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages.

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the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them

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vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

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permission to proceed;

‘the plane was given clearance to land’;

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the action or process of clearing or of being dispersed

‘cleaning of the machine should include clearance of blockages’; ‘there will be sunny intervals after clearance of any early mist’;

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the removal of buildings, people, or trees from land so as to free it for alternative uses

‘slum clearance accelerated during the 1960s’; ‘forest clearances’;

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the removal of contents from a house

‘the sheriff's officers supervised the house clearance’; ‘antiques wanted and clearances undertaken’;

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(in soccer and other sports) a kick or hit that sends the ball away from one's goal

‘Nilsson made two goal line clearances to keep out Tottenham's attackers’;

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the potting of all the balls remaining on the table in a single break

‘a plant which let in Hendry for a clearance of 96’;

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official authorization for something to proceed or take place

‘the aircraft hadn't got diplomatic clearance to land in Mexico’;

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official permission for someone to have access to classified information

‘these people don't have clearance’;

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permission for an aircraft to take off or land at an airport

‘he took off without air traffic clearance’;

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the clearing of a person or ship by customs

‘when you arrive at the continental airport you will be required to obtain customs clearance’;

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a certificate showing that customs clearance has been granted.

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the process of clearing cheques through a clearing house.

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clear space allowed for a thing to move past or under another

‘always give cyclists plenty of clearance’;