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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
Noun
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
Translations

clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ] n (in wood) → claro
clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ] clear n (in forest) → clairière f;
(Brit) (Banking) → compensation f, clearing m
clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ] clear nLichtung f;
(Brit) (Banking) → Clearing nt
clearing [ˈklɪərɪŋ] nradura;
(BRIT ) (BANKING) → clearing m


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He wanted the firm to take responsibility for his losses since they were the clearing agent.
SEC Regulation SHO, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, mandates that, if a clearing agent has had a fail-to-deliver position for 13 consecutive settlement days, that clearing agent, and the broker/dealer it clears for, must purchase securities to close out its fail to deliver position.
When a penny-stock promoter failed in February 1995, the resulting mess unexpectedly claimed its clearing agent as well, leaving stock speculators and a bankruptcy trustee at war over the wreckage, and the blame.
 
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