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clearing

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clear·ing  (klîrng)
n.
1. The act or process of making or becoming clear.
2. A tract of land within a wood or other overgrown area from which trees and other obstructions have been removed.
3. An open space: a clearing in the fog.
4.
a. The exchange among banks of checks, drafts, and notes and the settlement of consequent differences.
b. clearings The total of claims presented daily at a clearing-house.

clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) an area with few or no trees or shrubs in wooded or overgrown land
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clearingclearing - a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
2.clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion
freeing, liberation, release - the act of liberating someone or something
purge, purging, purgation - the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
vindication, exoneration - the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.; "friends provided a vindication of his position"
whitewash - a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
3.clearing - the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"

clearing
noun glade, space, dell A helicopter landed in a clearing in the jungle.
Translations
clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ]
A. N
1. (in wood) → claro m
2. (Fin) → liquidación f
B. CPD clearing account N (Fin) → cuenta f de compensación
clearing bank N (Brit) (Fin) → banco m central
clearing house N (Fin) → cámara f de compensación
clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ] n
(in forest)clairière f
(British) [cheque] → compensation f, clearing m
(British) (UNIVERSITY) au Royaume-Uni, système centralisé destiné à proposer aux étudiants dont les notes aux A-levels ne permettent pas d'intégrer l'université de leur choix une place dans un autre établissement de l'enseignement supérieur
clearing bank n (British)banque f qui appartient à une chambre de compensation
clearing house clearing-house n
(for information)bureau m central
(= bank) → chambre f de compensation
clearing
n (in forest) → Lichtung f

clearing:
clearing bank
n (Brit) → Clearingbank f
clearing house
clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ] n (in wood) → radura (Brit) (Banking) → clearing m
clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ] n (in wood) → radura (Brit) (Banking) → clearing m


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His savage eyes blazed into the direction from which the wind had borne down the warning to him and a moment later the grasses at one side of the clearing parted and Numa, the lion, strode majestically into view.
Moti Guj paid the white man the compliment of charging him nearly a quarter of a mile across the clearing and "Hrrumphing" him into his veranda.
"We shall rush in upon them and slay them all," and he made ready to send word along the line that they were to halt at the edge of the clearing until they saw him rush toward the village--then all were to follow.
 
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