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Clearing

Clearing Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Clearing? [n] the act of removing solid particles from a liquid [n] the act of freeing from suspicion [n] a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area Synonyms \| Synonyms for Clearing: clarification \| glade Related Terms \| Find terms related to Clearing: absolution \| acquittal \| acquittance \| air space \| aperture \| back country \| breaking out \| broaching \| cavity \| chasm \| check \| cleaning out \| clear space \| clearance \| cleft \| compurgation \| corn field \| crack \| cultivated land \| defecation \| depletion \| desert \| destigmatization \| destigmatizing \| disburdening \| discharge \| discharging cargo \| disclosure \| disculpation \| disembarrassment \| disembroilment \| disencumbrance \| disengagement \| disentanglement \| disinvolvement \| dislodgment \| dismissal \| distant prospect \| drainage \| draining \| egress \| elimination \| empty view \| emptying \| evacuation \| excretion \| exculpation \| excuse \| exhausting \| exhaustion \| exoneration \| explanation \| extrication \| fenestra \| field \| fistula \| fontanel \| foramen \| forgiveness \| freeing \| gap \| gape \| gat \| glade \| gulf \| hayfield \| hiatus \| hole \| hollow \| inlet \| interval \| justification \| lacuna \| laying open \| leak \| Lebensraum \| living space \| off-loading \| open country \| open space \| opening \| opening up \| orifice \| outback \| outlet \| paddy \| parcel of land \| pardon \| passageway \| patch \| piece of land \| plain \| plat \| plot \| pore \| prairie \| purgation \| purging \| quietus \| quittance \| rationalization \| rehabilitation \| reinstatement \| release \| releasing \| remission \| removal \| restoration \| rice paddy \| slot \| space \| split \| steppe \| stoma \| terrain \| territory \| throwing open \| tract \| uncluttering \| uncorking \| unhampering \| unknotting \| unloading \| unraveling \| unscrambling \| unsnarling \| unstopping \| untangling \| venting \| verdict of acquittal \| vindication \| voidance \| voiding \| wheat field \| wide-open spaces \| wilderness \| yawn See Also \| exoneration \| freeing \| improvement \| liberation \| parcel \| parcel of land \| piece of ground \| piece of land \| purgation \| purge \| purging \| release \| tract \| vindication \| whitewash Clearing In Webster's Dictionary \Clear"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of making clear. The better clearing of this point. --South. 2. A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation. A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie Lake. --J. Burroughs. 3. A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts. Note: In England, a similar method has been adopted by railroads for adjusting their accounts with each other. 4. The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house. {Clearing house}, the establishment where the business of clearing is carried on. See {above}, {3}.

Clearing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clearing?

[n] the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
[n] the act of freeing from suspicion
[n] a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

Synonyms | Synonyms for Clearing: clarification | glade

Clearing In Webster's Dictionary

\Clear"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of making clear.

         The better clearing of this point.    --South.

2. A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.

         A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie Lake. --J.
                                               Burroughs.

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

Note: In England, a similar method has been adopted by
      railroads for adjusting their accounts with each other.

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

{Clearing house}, the establishment where the business of
   clearing is carried on. See {above}, {3}.

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