clearance
clear|ance /kl'ɪərəns/ (clearances)
1 [N-VAR]
Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
...a slum clearance operation in Nairobi...
The UN pledged to help supervise the clearance of mines.
2 [N-VAR]
If you get clearance to do or have something, you get official approval or permission to do or have it.
Thai Airways said the plane had been given clearance to land...
= authorization
3 [N-VAR]
The clearance of a bridge is the distance between the lowest point of the bridge and the road or the water under the bridge.
The lowest fixed bridge has 12.8m clearance.clear|ance sale (clearance sales)
[N-COUNT]
A clearance sale is a sale in which the goods in a shop are sold at reduced prices, because the shopkeeper wants to get rid of them quickly or because the shop is closing down.
1 [N-VAR]
Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
...a slum clearance operation in Nairobi...
The UN pledged to help supervise the clearance of mines.
2 [N-VAR]
If you get clearance to do or have something, you get official approval or permission to do or have it.
Thai Airways said the plane had been given clearance to land...
= authorization
3 [N-VAR]
The clearance of a bridge is the distance between the lowest point of the bridge and the road or the water under the bridge.
The lowest fixed bridge has 12.8m clearance.clear|ance sale (clearance sales)
[N-COUNT]
A clearance sale is a sale in which the goods in a shop are sold at reduced prices, because the shopkeeper wants to get rid of them quickly or because the shop is closing down.