clearance
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Is clearance a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of clearance?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.countableuncountable
2. (banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.countableuncountable
3. (medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.countableuncountable
4. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.countableuncountable
5. (soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.Examples: "Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance."Synonyms: clearingcountableuncountable
6. (chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary