Clearance can refer to:

Medicine

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  • Renal clearance ratio, a relative measure of the speed at which a constituent of urine passes through the kidneys
  • Clearance (pharmacology), the rate at which a substance is removed or cleared from the body by the kidneys or in renal dialysis

Engineering

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Finance and trade

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Intellectual property

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Other uses in finance and trade

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  • Cheque clearing, the process of transferring value on a cheque from one bank account to another
    • The activity of a clearing house (finance), where a variety of financial instruments are cleared through the issuing institution
  • Customs clearance, in international trade, the movement of goods through customs barriers
  • Market clearing or equilibrium price, the price at which quantity supplied is equal to quantity demanded
  • Closeout (sale), in retail, the final sale of items to zero inventory

Games and sports

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Other uses

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  • Authorization or permission from an authority
  • Clearance rate, in criminal justice, the number of crimes "cleared" divided by the number reported
  • Deforestation, the deliberate clearance of woodland or forest for human development
  • The Highland Clearances, eviction of tenants in the Scottish Highlands during the 18th and 19th centuries
  • The Lowland Clearances, eviction of tenants as part of the Scottish Agricultural Revolution in the Scottish Lowlands

See also

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