noun. The act or process of clearing.

noun. A space cleared; a clearing.

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

noun. The height or width of a passage.

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

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

noun. Official certification of blamelessness, trustworthiness, or suitability.

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

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

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

noun. Renal clearance.

noun. The act of clearing; riddance; removal of encumbrance or obstruction: as, the clearance of land from trees; the clearance of an estate from unprofitable tenantry.

noun. Clear or net profit.

noun. A certificate that a vessel has complied with the law and is authorized to leave port.

noun. In steam-engines, the distance between the piston and the cylinder-cover, when the former is at the end of its stroke; similarly, free play for the parts of any other machine; clearing.

noun. A piece of land which has been cleared for cultivation or for building; a clearing.

noun. In railroading: A difference between the track-gage and the gage of the exterior surface of the wheel-flanges, designed to allow a certain amount of play between the flanges and the rails.

noun. At a crossing or frog, the clear space left between cross-rails and the frog and guard-rail for the free passage of the flanges of the wheels.

noun. The clear space between the sides and top of a tunnel or bridge and the outside dimensions of the largest car passing through it.

noun. In steam-engines, the volume or entire space below the valve-face which is filled with steam at the beginning of a stroke, including the space between piston and cylinder-head and the volume of the steam-ducts to the valve-seat.

noun. The settlement or payment of a debt; the passing of checks and drafts through the clearing-house for their settlement.

noun. The act of clearing.

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

noun. Clear or net profit.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

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

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

noun. 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.

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

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

noun. A sale of merchandise at a reduced price.

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

noun. The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.

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

noun. The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.

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

noun. permission to proceed

noun. vertical space available to allow easy passage under something