Clearance vs. Dumping — What's the Difference?

The action or process of clearing or of being dispersed

To release or throw down in a large mass.

Official authorization for something to proceed or take place

To empty (material) out of a container or vehicle

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

To empty out (a container or vehicle), as by overturning or tilting.

The act or process of clearing.

To get rid of; discard

A space cleared; a clearing.

(Informal) To discard or reject unceremoniously

The amount of space or distance by which a moving object clears something.

To place (goods or stock, for example) on the market in large quantities and at a low price.

The height or width of a passage

(Computers) To transfer (data stored internally in a computer) from one place to another, as from a memory to a printout, without processing.

An intervening space or distance allowing free play, as between machine parts.

(Slang) To knock down; beat.

Permission for an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle to proceed, as after an inspection of equipment or cargo or during certain traffic conditions.

To fall or drop abruptly.

Official certification of blamelessness, trustworthiness, or suitability.

To discharge cargo or contents; unload.

A sale, generally at reduced prices, to dispose of old merchandise.

(Slang) To criticize another severely

The passage of checks and other bills of exchange through a clearing-house.

A place where refuse is dumped

The removal by the kidneys of a substance from blood plasma.

A storage place for goods or supplies; a depot

Renal clearance.

An unordered accumulation; a pile.

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

(Computers) An instance or the result of dumping stored data.

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

(Slang) A poorly maintained or disreputable place.

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.

Vulgar Slang An act of defecating. Often used with take.

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

Present participle of dump

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

The disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value.

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

Selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

(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.

Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market

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

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

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

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

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

Clear or net profit.

(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.

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

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

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

Clear or net profit.

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.

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

Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

Permission to proceed;