clearance

autorisation, habilitation

Permission officielle de voyager, d’entrer quelque part, de consulter des informations confidentielles ou de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Official permission to travel, enter a place, see private information, or do something.

• You need security clearance to enter.
• The shipment received customs clearance yesterday.
• Has she obtained clearance to read those files?

Comment l'utiliser : clearance to do something (She received clearance to enter the laboratory.); clearance for something (We are waiting for clearance for the shipment.)

Synonymes : authorization, permission

Expressions courantes : security clearance, get clearance, clearance for something

déstockage, liquidation

Vente à prix réduits pour écouler les produits restants et faire de la place aux nouveaux.

En anglais simple : A sale in which a shop lowers prices to sell remaining goods and make room for new ones.

• I bought this coat in a clearance sale.
• The shop is offering clearance prices on winter boots.
• All these lamps are on clearance.

Synonymes : sale, sell-off

Expressions courantes : clearance sale, clearance prices, on clearance

autorisation de vol, autorisation d’atterrissage

Permission officielle donnée à un avion pour décoller ou atterrir.

En anglais simple : Official permission for a plane to take off or land.

• The plane has clearance to land.
• The pilot waited for takeoff clearance.
• The tower refused landing clearance because the runway was blocked.

Comment l'utiliser : clearance to do something (The pilot requested clearance to land.)

Synonymes : authorization, permission

Expressions courantes : landing clearance, takeoff clearance, request clearance

dégagement, jeu

Espace permettant à un objet de passer à côté d’un autre ou dessous sans le toucher.

En anglais simple : Space between objects that allows one to move past or under another without touching it.

• The truck needs more clearance.
• There is enough clearance under the bridge for our van.
• The car has low ground clearance.

Comment l'utiliser : clearance between A and B (There is little clearance between the door and the floor.); clearance under something (Check the clearance under the bridge.)

Synonymes : gap, space, headroom

Expressions courantes : ground clearance, enough clearance, clearance under something

déblaiement, élimination

Retrait des matières indésirables d’un lieu ou des substances nocives du corps.

En anglais simple : The process of removing unwanted material from a place or harmful substances from the body.

• Snow clearance began before dawn.
• The builders arranged site clearance before starting work.
• The kidneys help with the clearance of waste from the blood.

Comment l'utiliser : clearance of something (Clearance of the rubble took three days.)

Synonymes : removal, clearing

Expressions courantes : snow clearance, site clearance, clearance of something

compensation de chèques

Traitement bancaire qui rend disponible l’argent d’un chèque déposé sur un compte.

En anglais simple : The bank process that makes money from a deposited cheque available to spend.

• The cheque is awaiting clearance.
• Clearance may take three working days.
• You cannot withdraw the money until cheque clearance is complete.

Synonymes : clearing

Expressions courantes : cheque clearance, await clearance, clearance period