Tom bought that pair of shoes at a clearance sale.
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Clearance
//ˈklɪəɹən(t)s//
Synonyms for "clearance" (242 found)
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dischargedischarging cargodiscontinuitydisculpationdisjunctiondismissaldisposaldispositiondistancedistance betweendistant prospectdivergencedoling outdouble spacedown paymentdrainagedrainingearnestearnest moneyegress
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mileagemonthly paymentsnever-neverno holds barredoff-loadingopen countryopen spaceostracismoutbackoutlawingoutlawrypardonparsecspasspassportpayingpaying offpaying outpaying uppaymentpayment in kindpayoffpermissionperspectivepieceplainplayprairiepratiqueprepaymentprotectionpurgationpurgepurgingquarterly paymentsquietusquittancerangeratificationrationalizationreachregular paymentsrehabilitationreinstatementreleaseremissionremittanceremotenessremovalrenal clearancerestorationretirementriddanceroomroom to spareropesafe conductsafe-conductsafeguardsanctionsatisfactionscopesea roomseparationsettlementseverancesingle spacesinking-fund paymentspacespace betweenspanspare roomspot cashsteppestretchstridesuspensionsweepswingterrainterritorytime intervaltoleranceunloadingventingverdict of acquittalvindicationvisavoidancevoidingwarrantwarrantywaywaysweekly paymentswide berthwide open spaceswide-open spaceswildernesswithdrawal
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
189 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изчистване noun (soccer: the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
- клиринг noun (finance: processing of payments at a clearing house)
- луфт noun (distance between two moving objects)
- пречистване noun (medicine: removal of harmful substances from the blood)
Catalan
1 entries- rebuig noun (soccer: the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 清倉 /清仓 noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
Dutch
1 entries- vergunning noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
Finnish
4 entries- alennusmyynti noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
- etäisyys noun (distance between two moving objects)
- kulkulupa noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- lupa noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
French
4 entries- accès noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
- autorisation noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- autorisation noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
- braderie noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
Galician
1 entries- despexe noun (soccer: the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
German
4 entries- Ausräumung noun (act of clearing or something cleared)
- Ausverkauf noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
- Erlaubnis noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- Freigabe noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
Greenlandic
1 entries- arsamik peersineq noun (soccer: the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- likidasyon noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
Hungarian
4 entries- elszámolás noun (finance: processing of payments at a clearing house)
- engedély noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- felszabadítás noun (soccer: the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
- felszabadító rúgás noun (soccer: the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
Indonesian
1 entries- bersihan noun (medicine: removal of harmful substances from the blood)
Italian
4 entries- accesso noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
- autorizzazione noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- autorizzazione noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
- clearance noun (medicine: removal of harmful substances from the blood)
Macedonian
4 entries- ви́за noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- до́звола noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- до́звола noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
- кли́ринг noun (finance: processing of payments at a clearing house)
Manx
1 entries- ard-chreck noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
Polish
4 entries- clearing noun (finance: processing of payments at a clearing house)
- kliring noun (finance: processing of payments at a clearing house)
- likwidacja noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
- oczyszczanie noun (act of clearing or something cleared)
Portuguese
4 entries- autorização noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
- autorização (de partida/viagem/etc.) noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- clearance noun (medicine: removal of harmful substances from the blood)
- compensação noun (finance: processing of payments at a clearing house)
Russian
4 entries- ви́за noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
- виза noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- зазо́р noun (distance between two moving objects)
- кли́ренс noun (finance: processing of payments at a clearing house)
Spanish
4 entries- acceso noun (permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel)
- acceso noun (permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information)
- aclaramiento noun (medicine: removal of harmful substances from the blood)
- anchura noun (distance between two moving objects)
Swedish
3 entries- frihöjd noun (height or width of a passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage)
- rensning noun (soccer: the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
- utförsäljning noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
Welsh
1 entries- arwerthiant noun (sale of merchandise at a reduced price)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Prices drop in the winter clearance sales.
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They're holding a clearance sale.
Source: tatoeba (5279182)
If you go up two floors, you'll reach the clearance sale on the sixth. Most of the items up there are half-off or less.
Source: tatoeba (5590068)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.