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.

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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.

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Noun

(en noun)

(countable, or, uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.

The articulation allowed the robot to move around corners.

(countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.

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(uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.''

His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.

(music, uncountable) The manner in which something is articulated (tongued, slurred or bowed).

The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.

(accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.

* 1991 , Stephen P. Taylor, “From Moneyflows Accounts to Flow-of-Funds Accounts”, printed in John C. Dawson (editor), Flow-of-Funds Analysis: A Handbook for Practitioners , M.E. Sharpe (1996), ISBN 978-1-56324-645-6, page 103:

At the time the outstanding distinction that could be seen between Copeland-Fed on the one hand and Goldsmith-Friend on the other was that the flow-of-funds system explicitly included nonfinancial transactions in the statistical structure in direct articulation with financial flows and stocks.

* 2005 , David T. Collins, “Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues”, Chapter 6 of Robert L. Brown and Alan S. Gutterman (editors), Emerging Companies Guide: A Resource for Professionals and Entrepreneurs , American Bar Association, ISBN 978-1-59031-466-1, page 169:

Particular income statement accounts (revenues and expenses) are linked to particular balance sheet accounts (assets and liabilities); that is, there is articulation between the income statement and the balance sheet.

* 2005 , Roger L. Burritt, “Challenges for Environmental Management Accounting”, Chapter 2 of Pall M. Rikhardsson et al. (editors), Implementing Environmental Management Accounting: Status and Challenges , Springer, ISBN 978-1-4020-3371-1, page 28:

The emphasis on articulated information about environmental liabilities in the management accounts is not stressed. Articulation between stock and flow information in physical environment terms receives less attention.