0 an area in a wood or forest from which trees and bushes have been removed
1 an area in a woods or forest from which trees and bushes have been removed
2 the process by which cheques and other payments are exchanged between customers of different banks:
Check clearing is facilitated by central clearing houses, including the Federal Reserve System.
3 the process by which shares and money are exchanged at the end of a day of trading on a financial market:
settlement and clearing services for securities
clearing member/corporation/agent No clearing member has ever failed to meet a performance bond call or its delivery obligations.
All around them the forests, the clearings, the river, covered by the silent veil of night, seemed to wake up and listen to her words in attentive stillness.
At last, he came to a clearing where fire had eaten its way and charred the ruins of the forest.
At the close of the fifth day our night halt was in a deserted log cabin at the edge of an unfinished clearing in the heart of the forest.
In a few minutes we were sure to come to a settler's cabin, a log barn, or a clearing.
We found the sled track again, leading into the woods at the northwest of the clearing.
