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Clearance

Clearance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Clearance? [n] permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land" [n] the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them [n] vertical space available to allow easy passage under something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Clearance: headroom \| headway Related Terms \| Find terms related to Clearance: absolution \| acquitment \| acquittal \| acquittance \| aesthetic distance \| air space \| allowance \| amortization \| amortizement \| ample scope \| approval \| authority \| authorization \| back country \| bill of health \| binder \| blank check \| caesura \| carte blanche \| cash \| cash payment \| certification \| cleaning out \| clear space \| clearing \| compass \| compurgation \| consent \| countenance \| debt service \| deep space \| defecation \| defrayal \| defrayment \| depletion \| deportation \| deposit \| depths of space \| desert \| destigmatization \| destigmatizing \| detachment \| disbursal \| discard \| discharge \| discharging cargo \| discontinuity \| disculpation \| disjunction \| dismissal \| disposal \| disposition \| distance \| distance between \| distant prospect \| divergence \| doling out \| double space \| down payment \| drainage \| draining \| earnest \| earnest money \| egress \| ejection \| elbowroom \| elimination \| em space \| empowerment \| empty view \| emptying \| en space \| enabling \| endorsement \| enfranchisement \| entitlement \| eradication \| evacuation \| excretion \| exculpation \| excuse \| exhausting \| exhaustion \| exile \| exoneration \| expatriation \| explanation \| expulsion \| extent \| farness \| fiat \| field \| forgiveness \| free course \| free hand \| free play \| free scope \| freeboard \| full pratique \| full scope \| full swing \| gap \| glade \| headroom \| hiatus \| hire purchase \| hire purchase plan \| hole \| infinity \| installment \| installment plan \| interest payment \| interim \| intermediate space \| interruption \| interspace \| interstice \| interval \| jump \| justification \| lacuna \| latitude \| leap \| leave \| Lebensraum \| leeway \| length \| light-years \| liquidation \| living space \| long rope \| maneuvering space \| margin \| mileage \| monthly payments \| never-never \| no holds barred \| off-loading \| open country \| open space \| ostracism \| outback \| outlawing \| outlawry \| pardon \| parsecs \| pass \| passport \| paying \| paying off \| paying out \| paying up \| payment \| payment in kind \| payoff \| permission \| perspective \| piece \| plain \| play \| prairie \| pratique \| prepayment \| protection \| purgation \| purge \| purging \| quarterly payments \| quietus \| quittance \| range \| ratification \| rationalization \| reach \| regular payments \| rehabilitation \| reinstatement \| release \| remission \| remittance \| remoteness \| removal \| restoration \| retirement \| riddance \| room \| room to spare \| rope \| safe-conduct \| safeguard \| sanction \| satisfaction \| scope \| sea room \| separation \| settlement \| severance \| single space \| sinking-fund payment \| space \| space between \| span \| spare room \| spot cash \| steppe \| stretch \| stride \| suspension \| swing \| terrain \| territory \| time interval \| tolerance \| unloading \| venting \| verdict of acquittal \| vindication \| visa \| voidance \| voiding \| warrant \| warranty \| way \| ways \| weekly payments \| wide berth \| wide-open spaces \| wilderness \| withdrawal See Also \| elbow room \| interval \| license \| permission \| permit \| room \| separation \| way Clearance In Webster's Dictionary \Clear"ance\ (-ans), n. 1. The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance. 2. 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. --Durke 3. Clear or net profit. --Trollope. 4. (Mach.) 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 space} (Steam engine), the space inclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve or valves and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It includes the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc. Its volume is often expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke.

Clearance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clearance?

[n] permission to proceed; "the plane was given clearance to land"
[n] the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
[n] vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Clearance: headroom | headway

Clearance In Webster's Dictionary

\Clear"ance\ (-ans), n.
1. The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.

2. 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.                   --Durke

3. Clear or net profit. --Trollope.

4. (Mach.) 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 space} (Steam engine), the space inclosed in one
   end of the cylinder, between the valve or valves and the
   piston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It
   includes the space caused by the piston's clearance and
   the space in ports, passageways, etc. Its volume is often
   expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by
   the piston in a single stroke.

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