Associations to the word «Clearing»

Wiktionary

CLEARING, verb. Present participle of clear
CLEARING, noun. The act or process of making or becoming clear.
CLEARING, noun. An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
CLEARING, noun. An open space in the fog etc.
CLEARING, noun. (banking) (finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
CLEARING, noun. (telecommunication) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
CLEARING, noun. (British) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
CLEARING, noun. (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
CLEARING BANK, noun. Any of a network of banks that have a formal arrangement for the exchange of cheques, drafts etc.
CLEARING BANKS, noun. Plural of clearing bank
CLEARING HOUSE, noun. A central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts
CLEARING HOUSE, noun. (figuratively) (by extension) A hub of goods traffic
CLEARING HOUSE, noun. (GIS) A repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data
CLEARING HOUSES, noun. Plural of clearing house
CLEARING OUT, verb. Present participle of clear out
CLEARING STATION, noun. (military) A temporary field hospital to treat and classify the sick and wounded.
CLEARING STATIONS, noun. Plural of clearing station
CLEARING THE DECKS, verb. Present participle of clear the decks

Dictionary definition

CLEARING, noun. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
CLEARING, noun. The act of freeing from suspicion.
CLEARING, noun. The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad