clearance

== English == === Etymology === From clear + -ance. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklɪə̯.ɹəns/, [ˈkʰlɪə̯.ɹəns] ~ [ˈkʰlɪə̯.ɹn̩s] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklɪɚ.əns/, [ˈkʰlɪɚ.əns] ~ [ˈkʰlɪɹ̩.n̩s] Hyphenation: clear‧ance === Noun === clearance (countable and uncountable, plural clearances) The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared. The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine 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. A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel. A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information. A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected. (retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout. (banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house. (medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit. (soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending. Synonym: clearing (chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it. Clear or net profit. (Australian rules football) The first disposal in a chain that leaves the area of a stoppage, or a disposal that leaves the area of a stoppage itself. (Australian rules football) The act of leaving the area of a stoppage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English clearance. === Noun === clearance f (invariable) (medicine) clearance == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English clearance. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: clea‧ran‧ce === Noun === clearance m (plural clearances) (medicine) clearance (removal of harmful substances from the blood)