clearance

/ˈklɪər·əns/ n [U] (GETTING RID OF)

Definition

› If goods are reduced for clearance, they are offered for sale at a lower than usual price so that people will buy them and there will be space for new goods: a clearance sale

(Definition of clearance n (GETTING RID OF) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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clear v MAKE NOT GUILTY
clear v NOT TOUCH
clear v SEE THROUGH
clear your throat idiom
clear-cut adj
clearance n GETTING RID OF
clearance n GIVING PERMISSION
clearance n NOT TOUCH
clearheaded adj
clearing n GET RID OF
clearly adv CERTAINLY

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