clearance vs hamper

clearance

noun
  • The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit. 

  • The first disposal in a chain that leaves the area of a stoppage, or a disposal that leaves the area of a stoppage itself. 

  • The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared. 

  • A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel. 

  • A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information. 

  • The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending. 

  • Clear or net profit. 

  • The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house. 

  • A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected. 

  • 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. 

  • The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine 

  • A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise. 

  • The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance. 

  • Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it. 

  • The act of leaving the area of a stoppage. 

hamper

noun
  • A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals 

  • A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper 

  • A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. 

  • A gift basket. 

  • Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. 

verb
  • To put into a hamper. 

  • To impede in motion or progress. 

  • To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle 

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