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Sale vs. Clearance — What's the Difference?

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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