clearance

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Synonyms: pleasance, abearance, clarence, clearage, clearances, clearable, clear ice, leakance, q clearance

Antonyms: pleasance, abearance, clarence, clearage, clearances, clearable, clear ice, leakance, q clearance

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Noun

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 [[wall]]s 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]] [[document]]s or other [[information]].
{{senseid|en|permission to use}}A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.
{{lb|en|retail}} A [[sale]] of [[merchandise]], especially at significantly [[reduced]] [[price]]s, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a [[closeout]].
{{lb|en|banking|finance}} The [[settlement]] of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a [[clearing house]].
{{lb|en|medicine}} The [[removal]] of harmful [[substances]] from the [[blood]]; [[renal clearance]].
{{lb|en|sports|billiards|snooker|pool}} The act of [[potting]] all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
{{lb|en|soccer}} The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
{{lb|en|chess}} Removal of pieces from a [[rank]], [[file]] or [[diagonal]] so that a [[bishop]], [[rook]] or [[queen]] is free to move along it.

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