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Acquittance vs Clearance - What's the difference?

acquittance | clearance |

As nouns the difference between acquittance and clearance

is that acquittance is the clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability while clearance is the act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.

As a verb acquittance

is to acquit.

acquittance

English

(Webster 1913)

Alternative forms

* acquittaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
  • A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You can produce acquittances / For such a sum, from special officers.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To acquit.

    • References

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    clearance

    English

    Noun

  • The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared
  • The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
  • The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.
  • A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.
    • The plane got clearance from air traffic control, and we were off.
    He got clearance to travel to America, even though he had previous links to terrorists
  • A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information
  • A sale of merchandise at a reduced price.
  • (banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
  • (medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.
  • (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
  • (soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • (chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
  • Clear or net profit.
    • (Trollope)