Definitions for clearance

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clearance clear·ance

Spelling: [kleer-uh ns]

IPA: /ˈklɪər əns/

Clearance is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in clearance (aacceelnr).

Definitions for clearance

noun

1. the act of clearing.
2. the distance between two objects; an amount of clear space:
3. a formal authorization permitting access to classified information, documents, etc.
4. Also called clearance sale. the disposal of merchandise at reduced prices to make room for new goods:
5. a clear space; a clearing:
6. Banking. an exchange of checks and other commercial paper drawn on members of a clearinghouse, usually effected at a daily meeting of the members.
7. Machinery. a space between two moving parts, left to avoid clashing or to permit relatively free motion.
8. the angle between a face of a cutting tool, as a lathe tool, and the work.
9. Nautical. the clearing of a ship at a port. Also called clearance papers. the official papers certifying this.
10. Medicine/Medical. a test of the excretory function of the kidneys based on the volume of blood that is cleared of a specific substance per minute by renal excretion.

Origin of clearance

First recorded in 1555-65; clear + -ance

Examples for clearance

"She's given him his clearance papers," was her way of expressing it.

We shall only be able to pass on this side when the excavations have made a clearance.

The depth of the background investigations depends on the level of clearance.

clearance is determined by a having a current test entered into PASS.

In 2008 it granted “top secret” clearance to an employee who had recently been convicted of lying to government officials.

Insiders suggest it could take up to three fiscal years and a senatorial act to overhaul the current clearance system.

Some say there are systematic problems with the methods OPM uses to carry out its clearance investigations.

You're no earthly use and I ought to give you your clearance papers.

For a moment there were other duties to be attended to, a clearance and cleansing.

They got their clearance without delay and headed for the ready room.