n. | 1. | The act or process of making clear. | |||
2. | A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation. | ||||
3. | A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts. | ||||
4. | The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.
|
Noun | 1. | clearing - a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area Synonyms: glade |
2. | clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion | |
3. | clearing - the act of removing solid particles from a liquid Synonyms: clarification |