clearing

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.

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clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) an area with few or no trees or shrubs in wooded or overgrown land

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clearing - a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area glade parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	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 clarification improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"

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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

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clearing:

clearing bank

n (Brit) → Clearingbank f

clearing house

n → Clearingstelle f

clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ] n (in wood) → radura (Brit) (Banking) → clearing m