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clearing Definition

clear·ing (klir′iŋ)

noun

  1. a making clear or being cleared
  2. ☆ an area of land cleared of trees
  3. Banking
    1. the exchanging of checks, etc. and balancing of accounts between banks
    2. the procedure for doing this
    3. the amount of the balances thus settled

clearing Synonyms

clearing

n.

  1. The act of clearing

    freeing, riddance, clearance, removal, removing, elimination, eradication, deforestation, defoliation, opening up, freeing from obstruction, unblocking, unclogging, evacuation, disposal, voidance, dispersal, sweeping out, clearing away, mopping up, emptying; see also acquittal, removal 1.

  2. A cleared space

    open space, glade, opening, clearance, defoliated area, field, tract, cultivated land, cleared land; see also area 2, expanse, yard 1.

clearing Finance Definition

Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. This gives a credit to the bank where funds are deposited and a corresponding debit to the account of the paying institution. The Federal Reserve operates a nationwide check-clearing system. Clearing also is used to signify matching buyers and sellers in stock, futures, and options transactions.

clearing Usage Examples

Converse of object

lodge: Thereafter, always present in good numbers on the Serra, regular along the river and often heard around the lodge clearings.

Adjective modifier

  • grassy: Parking is nearby in a grassy clearing, with a short walk ( 50 meters ) to the property.
  • cross-border: The BBA looks forward to working with the group as it develops its thoughts in the important area of cross-border clearing and settlement.
  • sunny: The males flutter in sunny forest clearings to attract females.

Modifies a noun

  • hotline: Birmingham Post - Monday 13th August 2001 The article entitled ' Clearing path to university ' lists Aston's clearing hotline.
  • bank: Banks There are branches of the main clearing banks on The Street.
  • house: The clearing house would then sort out which company the payments should be passed on to.
  • header: A few moments later another huge Burns clearing header sent Webb through.
  • debris: Back down the pitch, five minutes were spent clearing debris which had blocked the exit to the chamber.
  • litter: Working in partnership with the Malvern Hills Conservators, they spent the morning clearing litter from acres of common land surrounding Malvern.

Noun used with modifier

  • jungle: We are about to land in a jungle clearing ahead.
  • woodland: Showing a woodland clearing with what appears to be a row of railroad sleepers in the foreground.
  • throat: Neil gave a few throat clearing noises and eventually the locky susses what was wrong and legged it back up into his cabin!
  • check: Euro checks drawn on UK banks can be cleared through the euro check clearing.
  • forest: The name comes from the site of the village being in a level " ley " or forest clearing.
  • casualty: He died of wounds in a casualty clearing station near Arras on 1st October 1918, aged 33.

Preposition: in

  • jungle: At the staging camps which were merely roadside clearings in the jungle, there was no overhead cover.
  • forest: Any clearing in the bollard forest is filled, with roadsigns screaming at you No!
  • woodland: Showing a clearing in dense woodland on the KwaZulu-Natal coast.

Preposition: of

throat: Trying to disguise her giggle with a slight clearing of the throat she reached into the box, hauling him beneath the armpits.