Sale vs. Clearance — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sale and Clearance
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Sale
The exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something
The sale has fallen through
We withdrew it from sale
Clearance
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
Sale
A period during which a shop or dealer sells goods at reduced prices
The January sales got under way this week
Clearance
Official authorization for something to proceed or take place
The aircraft hadn't got diplomatic clearance to land in Mexico
Sale
The exchange of goods or services for an amount of money or its equivalent; the act of selling
The sale of such a nice house should be easy.
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Clearance
Clear space allowed for a thing to move past or under another
Always give cyclists plenty of clearance
Sale
A selling of property to the highest bidder; an auction.
Clearance
The act or process of clearing.
Sale
An offer or arrangement in which goods are sold at a discount
The store has a sale on winter coats.
Clearance
A space cleared; a clearing.
Sale
The business or activity of selling goods or services
She works in sales.
Clearance
The amount of space or distance by which a moving object clears something.
Sale
The number of items sold or the amount of money received for a number of items sold
Sales are better than expected.
Clearance
The height or width of a passage
An underpass with a 13-foot clearance.
Sale
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
He celebrated after the sale of company.
Clearance
An intervening space or distance allowing free play, as between machine parts.
Sale
Short for discount sale The sale of goods at reduced prices.
They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.
Clearance
Permission for an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle to proceed, as after an inspection of equipment or cargo or during certain traffic conditions.
Sale
The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
Clearance
Official certification of blamelessness, trustworthiness, or suitability.
Sale
(obsolete) A hall.
Clearance
A sale, generally at reduced prices, to dispose of old merchandise.
Sale
See 1st Sallow.
Clearance
The passage of checks and other bills of exchange through a clearing-house.
Sale
The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.
Clearance
The removal by the kidneys of a substance from blood plasma.
Sale
Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
They shall have ready sale for them.
Clearance
Renal clearance.
Sale
Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.
Clearance
The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.
Sale
The general activity of selling;
They tried to boost sales
Laws limit the sale of handguns
Clearance
The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
Sale
A particular instance of selling;
He has just made his first sale
They had to complete the sale before the banks closed
Clearance
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.
Sale
The state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling;
You'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies
The new line of cars will soon be on sale
Clearance
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.
Sale
An occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices;
They held a sale to reduce their inventory
I got some great bargains at their annual sale
Clearance
A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information.
Sale
An agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer);
The salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office
Clearance
A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.
Clearance
(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.
Clearance
The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
Clearance
(medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.
Clearance
The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
Clearance
(soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
Clearance
(chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
Clearance
Clear or net profit.
Clearance
(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.
Clearance
(Australian rules football) The act of leaving the area of a stoppage.
Clearance
The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.
Clearance
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.
Clearance
Clear or net profit.
Clearance
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.
Clearance
The distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
Clearance
Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
Clearance
Permission to proceed;
The plane was given clearance to land
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