English Online Dictionary. What means clearing? What does clearing mean?
English
Etymology
From clear + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklɪɹ.ɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklɪə.ɹɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ
- Hyphenation: clear‧ing
Verb
clearing
- present participle and gerund of clear
Noun
clearing (countable and uncountable, plural clearings)
- The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- An open space in the fog etc.
- (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- (British, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
- (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
- Synonym: clearance
Synonyms
- (area devoid of trees): glade
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- clangier, relacing
Finnish
Etymology
From English clearing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklie̯riŋ/, [ˈklie̞̯riŋ]
- Rhymes: -ieriŋ
Noun
clearing
- (banking, finance) clearing
- Synonym: selvitys
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “clearing”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English clearing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkli.riŋk/
- Rhymes: -iriŋk
- Syllabification: clea‧ring
Noun
clearing m inan
- (banking, finance) Alternative spelling of kliring
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- clearing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English clearing.
Noun
clearing n (uncountable)
- (banking, finance) clearing
Declension
Spanish
Noun
clearing m (plural clearings)
- (finance) clearing