clearing

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪərɪŋ

Verb

clearing

  1. present participle of clear

Noun

clearing (countable and uncountable, plural clearings)

  1. The act or process of making or becoming clear.
  2. 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.
  3. An open space in the fog etc.
  4. (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
  5. (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
  6. (Britain, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
  7. (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

Synonyms

  • (area devoid of trees): glade

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Finnish

Noun

clearing

  1. (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

Spanish

Noun

clearing m (plural clearings)

  1. (finance) clearing
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