clearance

/ˈklɪərəns/ noun [C, U]

Definition

PERMISSION › permission from someone in authority: The company needs to get government clearance for the deal.

DISTANCE › the distance that is needed for one thing to avoid touching another thing

REMOVING THINGS › when waste or things you do not want are removed from a place: Demolition and clearance of the site will take two weeks.

(Definition of clearance noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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