What does clearing mean?

Definitions for clearing
ˈklɪər ɪŋclear·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. clearing, gladenoun

    a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

  2. clearingnoun

    the act of freeing from suspicion

  3. clearing, clarificationnoun

    the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

Wiktionary

  1. clearingnoun

    The act or process of making or becoming clear.

  2. clearingnoun

    An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

  3. clearingnoun

    An open space in the fog etc.

  4. clearingnoun

    A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

  5. clearingnoun

    A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.

  6. clearingnoun

    The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.

  7. clearingnoun

    The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

ChatGPT

  1. clearing

    Clearing generally refers to the process of settling a transaction after a commitment has been made. This can apply to various different sectors. In finance, it refers to the reconciliation of purchases and sales of various options, futures, or securities. In context of a landscape, it can refer to the removal of trees or other obstructions. The exact meaning can differ depending on the context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clearing

    of Clear

  2. Clearingnoun

    the act or process of making clear

  3. Clearingnoun

    a tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation

  4. Clearingnoun

    a method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts

  5. Clearingnoun

    the gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house

Wikidata

  1. Clearing

    In banking and finance, clearing denotes all activities from the time a commitment is made for a transaction until it is settled. Clearing of payments is necessary to turn the promise of payment into actual movement of money from one bank to another. In trading, clearing is necessary because the speed of trades is much faster than the cycle time for completing the underlying transaction. It involves the management of post-trading, pre-settlement credit exposures to ensure that trades are settled in accordance with market rules, even if a buyer or seller should become insolvent prior to settlement. Processes included in clearing are reporting/monitoring, risk margining, netting of trades to single positions, tax handling, and failure handling. Systemically Important Payment Systems are payment systems which have the characteristic that a failure of these systems could potentially endanger the operation of the whole economy. In general, these are the major payment clearing or Real Time Gross Settlement systems of individual countries, but in the case of Europe, there are certain pan-European payment systems. TARGET2 is a pan-European SIPS dealing with major inter-bank payments. STEP2, operated by the Euro Banking Association is a major pan-European clearing system for retail payments which has the potential to become a SIPS. The Federal Reserve System is a SIPS.

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Anagrams for clearing »

  1. relacing

  2. clangier

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clearing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clearing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of clearing in a Sentence

  1. Jennifer Landa:

    I would tank up on certain vitamins, several vitamins have been shown to increase the likelihood of clearing the HPV.

  2. Mevlut Cavusoglu:

    The aim of this roadmap is the clearing of Manbij of all terror organizations and the permanent instatement of safety and stability, in the first step, the determination of parameters for common plans for the removal of YPG-PYD from Manbij - you can also call it PKK - will be determined.

  3. Deshaun Watson:

    I’ve never forced anyone. I’ve never assaulted anyone. I’ve been saying it from the beginning and I’m going to continue to say it, i understand these allegations are very serious. … I’m focused on clearing my name.

  4. Ismet Sheik Hassan:

    Fighters are still clearing homes and streets of booby-traps and mines. There are some clashes from ISIS pockets on the outskirts of the town, but Ain Isa and the surrounding villages are free of the ISIS terrorists.

  5. John Glen:

    The fog is clearing ... We are already seeing progress, the EU have now recognized that there will be some form of market access in financial services having previously dismissed the idea.

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Translations for clearing

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  • клиринг, разчистване, просека, проясняване, сечищеBulgarian
  • rebuig, clarianaCatalan, Valencian
  • llannerchWelsh
  • Aufklärung, Klärung, Rodung, LichtungGerman
  • ξέφωτοGreek
  • klarigo, maldensejo, senarbejoEsperanto
  • desmonte, claro, despejeSpanish
  • metsäaukea, erottaminen, aukio, clearing, aukea, selvittäminen, aukko, selvitysFinnish
  • clairièreFrench
  • glac, blàran coilleScottish Gaelic
  • tisztásHungarian
  • compensazione, azzeramento, radura, resettaggio, spiazzo, schiarimento, ripristinoItalian
  • waerengaMāori
  • porębaPolish
  • clarificação, esclarecimento, clareamento, clareiraPortuguese
  • очистка, расчистка, клиринг, полянаRussian
  • glänta, rensningSwedish

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