Clearing may refer to:
- Glade (geography), a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- Deforestation, the clearing away of trees to make farmland
- Clearing (finance), the process of settling a transaction after committing to it
- Market clearing, the matching of supply and demand via price movement
- Clearing, Chicago, a community area in Chicago, US
- Clearing (telecommunications), the disconnecting of a call
- Clearing (UCAS), used by some applicants applying for higher education courses in the UK – helps applicants without places to find institutions with courses that still have places available
- Clearing (album), an album by Fred Frith
- Yarn clearing, in textile industry
Famous quotes containing the word clearing:
“Though the words Canada East on the map stretch over many rivers and lakes and unexplored wildernesses, the actual Canada, which might be the colored portion of the map, is but a little clearing on the banks of the river, which one of those syllables would more than cover.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We should conserve evil just as we should conserve the forests. It is true that by thinning and clearing the forests the earth grew warmer.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“[Panurge] spent everything in a thousand little banquets and joyous feasts open to all comers, particularly jolly companions, young lasses, and delightful wenches, and in clearing his lands, burning the big logs to sell the ashes, taking money in advance, buying dear, selling cheap, and eating his wheat in the blade.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)