clearance
pronunciation
How to pronounce clearance in British English:
UK [ˈklɪərəns]
How to pronounce clearance in American English:
US [ˈklɪrəns]
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- Noun:
- the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
- permission to proceed
Word Origin
- clearance (n.)
- 1560s, "action of clearing," from clear (v.) + -ance. Meaning "a clear space" is from 1788. Meaning "approval, permission" (especially to land or take off an aircraft) is from 1944, American English; national security sense recorded from 1948. Clearance sale attested by 1843.
Example
- 1. Perhaps a user might want to download a tv game from google 's android market without requiring clearance from sony .
- 2. Will you take these to the clearance counter ?
- 3. Given the apparently excessive size of the clearance and the eccentric choice of route , some detect a stink of corruption in the smoky air .
- 4. A leaked instruction from the french government to the police orders the clearance of 300 camps in three months , the roma ones " a priority " .
- 5. But over the years , researchers say , what has become known as the amyloid hypothesis - the notion that overproduction or reduced clearance of amyloid beta is a cause of the disease and blocking amyloid beta could stop it - dominated their thinking .