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Webster 1913 Edition
Clearing
Clear′ing
,Noun.
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.
☞ In England, a similar method has been adopted by railroads for adjusting their accounts with each other.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clearing
CLEARING
,ppr.
CLEARING
, n.1.
A defense; justification; vindication. 2 Cor. 7.2.
A place or tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation; a common use of the word in America.3.
The act of making clear.Definition 2024
clearing
clearing
English
Verb
clearing
- present participle of clear
Noun
clearing (plural clearings)
- The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges […] : or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.
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- An open space in the fog etc.
- (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- (Britain) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
- (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
Translations
act or process of making or becoming clear
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area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees
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open space in the fog etc
process of completing and settling transactions centrally
sequence of events used to disconnect a call
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soccer: act of removing the ball from one's own goal area
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
clearing
- (banking, finance) clearing
Declension
| Inflection of clearing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | clearing | clearingit | |
| genitive | clearingin | clearingien | |
| partitive | clearingiä | clearingejä | |
| illative | clearingiin | clearingeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | clearing | clearingit | |
| accusative | nom. | clearing | clearingit |
| gen. | clearingin | ||
| genitive | clearingin | clearingien | |
| partitive | clearingiä | clearingejä | |
| inessive | clearingissä | clearingeissä | |
| elative | clearingistä | clearingeistä | |
| illative | clearingiin | clearingeihin | |
| adessive | clearingillä | clearingeillä | |
| ablative | clearingiltä | clearingeiltä | |
| allative | clearingille | clearingeille | |
| essive | clearinginä | clearingeinä | |
| translative | clearingiksi | clearingeiksi | |
| instructive | — | clearingein | |
| abessive | clearingittä | clearingeittä | |
| comitative | — | clearingeineen | |