A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
A helicopter landed in a clearing in the dense jungle. [+ in]
Synonyms: glade, space, dell More Synonyms of clearing
clearing in British English
(ˈklɪərɪŋ)
noun
an area with few or no trees or shrubs in wooded or overgrown land
clearing in American English
(ˈklɪrɪŋ)
noun
1.
a making clear or being cleared
2. US
an area of land cleared of trees
3. Banking
a.
the exchanging of checks, etc. and balancing of accounts between banks
b.
the procedure for doing this
c. [pl.]
the amount of the balances thus settled
clearing in Finance
(klɪərɪŋ)
noun
(Finance: Banking)
Clearing is the time that is taken between starting a transaction and finishing it.
The two parties are responsible for arranging the clearing and settlement of any transactions that result from the contract.
Check clearing can take two to five days.
Clearing is the time that is taken between starting a transaction and finishing it.
clearing house
Examples of 'clearing' in a sentence
clearing
Next we do some rather noisy snowmobile riding in a clearing in the forest.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They said certain funds could have been delayed by clearing banks and clearing houses.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The road took us into a clearing of forest.
Eric Newby A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003)
First find a suitable forest clearing or a patch of green in the local park.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The other way is via the clearing system.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His comments come as tens of thousands of students scramble for places through the university clearing system.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The banks are able to transfer funds from one bank account to another by way of the clearing system.
Chambers, Ian Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
The sprawling complex of white tents in a jungle clearing can hold up to 100 patients.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The Russian army band was practising in a forest clearing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
University clearing Making the system fairer thetimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It explained that a batch of transactions it submitted to the clearing system was reJected.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In a small clearing the hunters stopped and pointed towards a dense patch of high, withered grass.
Ben Macintyre JOSIAH THE GREAT: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King (2004)
Thousands more adults who have lost their jobs since the application deadline at the end of June are expected to flood the clearing system.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I was with one of the big clearing banks for 36 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A record number of school-leavers have found a university place through the clearing system.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She quickly headed to the careers adviser at her sixth-form college and phoned universities that were advertising vacancies for law courses in the clearing system.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The clearing was small - only about an acre and a half - but the prospect was gentle and charming.
Eddison, Sydney A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden (1990)
In the shadow of the conifers, I crested the hill and found a small clearing.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
It's pitch dark, but in the flickering light of lanterns we can see a mass of people milling around a fenced off small clearing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
No longer will I have to discipline myself, sit and wait for my thoughts to come like shy animals into a forest clearing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
clearing
British English: clearing NOUN
A clearing is a small area in a forest where there are no trees or bushes.
A helicopter landed in a clearing in the dense jungle.
American English: clearing
Brazilian Portuguese: clareira
Chinese: 林中空地
European Spanish: claro
French: clairière
German: Lichtung
Italian: radura
Japanese: 森の空き地
Korean: > 공터숲속의
European Portuguese: clareira
Latin American Spanish: claro
All related terms of 'clearing'
clear
Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
reset
If you reset a machine or device, you adjust or set it, so that it is ready to work again or ready to perform a particular function.
clearing bank
The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
clearing sale
the auction of plant, stock , and effects of a country property , esp after the property has changed hands
mine-clearing
the process of disarming and removing explosive mines from an area
clearing house
If an organization acts as a clearing house , it collects , sorts , and distributes specialized information.
special clearing
(in Britain) the clearing of a cheque through a bank in less than the usual three days, for an additional charge
clear up
When you clear up or clear a place up , you tidy things and put them away .
clear away
When you clear things away or clear away , you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking .
clear off
If you tell someone to clear off , you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
clear out
If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out , you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
clear a table
When you clear a table , you remove things from it that you do not want to be there.
Association for Payment Clearing Services
a UK trade association that overseas payments and brings together institutions that deliver payment services
ach
an expression of surprise , impatience , disgust , etc
CHIPS
CHIPS is a system for transferring funds that makes large value payments in US dollars between major banks .