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clear the atmosphere

To alleviate tension, often in a group setting. Similar to the phrase "clear the air." I know my parents are still mad at me for missing curfew, so I'm going to try to clear the atmosphere this morning by apologizing profusely.See also: atmosphere, clear

clear the way for

To make it possible for something else to happen. The compromise with congress cleared the way for the president's spending bill. The blockers need to help clear the way for a touchdown.See also: clear, way

clear away

1. To move someone or something aside, especially if it causes an obstruction or is no longer needed. Now that I've cleared away those overgrown bushes, our living room gets so much more sunlight! Tell the busboys to go and clear away all the dinner plates so that we can start serving dessert.2. To move away from something. The sound of approaching sirens caused most of the partiers to clear away.See also: away, clear

clear (something) for publication

To confirm that something is ready to be published; to approve for publication. We need to clear this story for publication as soon as possible so we get it out there before any of our competitors.See also: clear, publication

clear (something) from (something)

To remove something, often multiple objects, from a particular place or surface. A noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "from." Just clear those books from the desk and stack them over here.See also: clear

clear off

1. To remove something, often multiple objects, from a particular place or surface. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "off." Just clear those books off the desk and stack them over here.2. To leave a place. Often used as an imperative. You all clear off, or I'll call the cops!3. To become clear or sunny, as of the sky after a period of clouds or fog. It sure became a beautiful, sunny day once the fog cleared off!See also: clear, off

clear out

1. To remove things from a space or area. A noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "out." The kids always seem to relish clearing out their desks at the end of the school year. We need to clear some of this junk out of the garage so that I can actually put my car in it!2. To leave a place, perhaps quickly. The staff cleared out when they saw the boss asking for volunteers to work on the weekend. Clear out, everyone. We are now closed.3. To impel or force to leave a place. A noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "out." If we call the cops, they'll clear out that raucous house party immediately. The fire alarm cleared the building out in a hurry.4. To become or cause to become empty, as of a place or area. A noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "out." Let's wait to leave until the parking lot has cleared out more.See also: clear, out

clear the air

1. To remove or improve stale air or an unpleasant odor. Please open a window and clear the air in here—it's too stuffy.2. To discuss or otherwise confront a troublesome issue, usually with the goal of alleviating tension or confusion. The silent treatment isn't helping the situation between you two, so just clear the air already. Once we cleared the air, we found that it had just been a simple misunderstanding.3. To remove doubt from a situation. They were able to clear the air by producing the document in question, so that we could all see it for ourselves.See also: air, clear

clear the deck(s)

1. Literally, of sailors, to prepare for something (such as a battle) by removing or securing objects on the deck of a ship. That enemy ship is getting too close—clear the deck!2. By extension, to cease doing something in preparation for a more important task or happening. I know you're busy with that paperwork, but clear the decks—I've got a big client coming in this afternoon.3. To flee hastily; to depart quickly Uh oh, here comes mean old Mr. Jerome. Clear the decks, everyone! The staff cleared the decks when they saw the boss asking for volunteers to work on the weekend.See also: clear

clear the table

To remove objects from a table. This phrase is often said after a meal, as one removes dishes, silverware, and leftover food from the table. I'll clear the table, and Chris will wash the dishes. Clear the table of all that junk so I can put down these placemats.See also: clear, table

clear the way

1. To make a physical path clear of obstacles by stepping aside or moving objects out of the way. This phrase is usually said as an imperative as someone or something in need of more space approaches. Clear the way! We need to get this cart down the hallway! Make sure you clear the way for the floats when they come down the parade route.2. To make it possible for something to happen by removing challenges, restrictions, or resistance. The compromise in congress cleared the way for the spending bill.See also: clear, way

clear up

1. To make clear or understandable. A noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "up." That tutoring session really cleared up my confusion about sine and cosine. How did two teens clear up a murder mystery that stumped the police?2. To alleviate tension in a particular situation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "up." The silent treatment isn't helping the situation between you two, so just talk to Betsy and clear this issue up already.3. To heal an inflammatory skin condition, such as acne or a rash. A noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "up." That acne cream cleared up my skin practically overnight.4. Of an ailment, to resolve or be resolved. A noun or pronoun can be used between "clear" and "up." The doctor thinks this new allergy medicine will clear my symptoms right up. It seems that my cold has finally cleared up, thank goodness—it's nice to get through the day without using a whole box of tissues!5. To become clear or sunny, as of the sky after a period of clouds or fog. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is not usually used between "clear" and "up." It sure became a beautiful, sunny day once the sky cleared up!See also: clear, up

clear waivers

Of a professional athlete, to be released by a professional team and then not claimed by any other team in the league. If we demote him, do you think he'll clear waivers? I just don't want another team in our division to get ahold of him.See also: clear, waiver

clear off (of some place)

to depart; to get off someone's property. Clear off my property! Clear off, do you hear?See also: clear, off

clear out (of some place)

to get out of some place. Will you all clear out of here? Please clear out!See also: clear, out

clear something away

to take something away. Please clear the children's toys away. Would you clear away the dishes?See also: away, clear

clear something off something

and clear something offto take something off something. Please clear the dishes off the table. I'll clear off the dishes.See also: clear, off

clear something up

1. to make something more clear. Let the muddy water stand overnight so it will clear up. A strong wind blew in and cleared up the smoke in the air. 2. to explain something; to solve a mystery. I think that we can clear this matter up without calling in the police. First we have to clear up the problem of the missing jewels. 3. to cause a rash or inflammation to return to normal; to cause skin to "clear." There is some new medicine that will clear your rash up. 4. to cure a disease or a medical condition. The doctor will give you something to clear up your congestion.See also: clear, up

clear the air

1. Lit. to get rid of stale or bad air. Open some windows and clear the air. It's stuffy in here. 2. Fig. to get rid of doubts or hard feelings. All right, let's discuss this frankly. It'll be better if we clear the air.See also: air, clear

clear the table

to remove the dishes and other eating utensils from the table after a meal. (Compare this with set the table.) Will you please help clear the table? After you clear the table, we'll play cards.See also: clear, table

clear up

1. [for the sky] to become more clear or sunny. Suddenly, the sky cleared up. When the sky cleared up, the breeze began to blow. 2. [for something] to become more understandable. At about the middle of the very confusing lecture, things began to clear up. I was having trouble, but things are beginning to clear up. 3. [for a rash or skin condition] to clear the skin and return to normal. I'm sure your rash will clear up soon. 4. [for a minor illness] to improve or become cured. His cold cleared up after a couple of weeks.See also: clear, up

clear off

1. See clear out, def. 1. 2. Become clear after cloudiness, fog, etc., as in I hope this fog clears off before morning. This phrase, first recorded in 1816, is heard less often today, clear alone often sufficing ( I hope the fog clears). Also see clear up. See also: clear, off

clear out

1. Also, clear away or off . Remove the contents, take something or someone away, as in I'll clear out this closet so you can use it, or Let me clear away these things, or Please clear off the table. The first phrase dates from the mid-1600s, the second from the mid-1700s, and the third from the early 1700s. Sometimes away and out are omitted, as in Let me clear these things, or Please clear the table. Also see clean up, def. 1. 2. Depart suddenly or run away, as in We cleared out before our landlord could stop us. [Early 1800s] 3. Drive or force out, as in The police cleared out the restaurant in no time. [Mid-1800s] See also: clear, out

clear the air

Eliminate confusion, dispel controversy or emotional tension, as in His letter has cleared the air; we now know where he stands. This idiom alludes to an atmosphere cleared of sultriness by a storm. [Late 1800s] See also: air, clear

clear up

1. Clarify, explain, solve, as in Let's try to clear up this misunderstanding. [Late 1600s] 2. Become clear, as in After the storm, it cleared up very quickly. [Early 1600s] 3. Return something to a normal condition, cure, as in This new salve will clear up your rash. See also: clear, up

clear the air

COMMON If something such as an argument or a discussion clears the air, it makes bad feelings between people go away. I get angry and frustrated with Hannah's behaviour, but I'm a great believer in expressing my feelings to clear the air. Some groups in our community seem to suffer from discrimination. An independent inquiry could clear the air and sort out the problem. Note: You can also talk about air-clearing. Goalkeeper Edwards said that the half-time air-clearing session turned the game round.. Note: Journalists sometimes talk about clear-the-air meetings or talks. He is determined to have a clear-the-air meeting with Murray this weekend.See also: air, clear

clear the air

defuse or clarify an angry, tense, or confused situation by frank discussion. This expression comes from the idea that a thunderstorm makes the air less humid.See also: air, clear

clear the ˈair

remove the causes of disagreement, fear, doubts, etc. by talking about them honestly and openly: Mary had been bad-tempered with me for days, so in an attempt to clear the air, I asked her what the matter was.See also: air, clear

clear the ˈway (for something/for something to happen)

remove things that are stopping the progress or movement of something: The ruling could clear the way for extradition proceedings.See also: clear, way

clear away

v.1. To remove something that is covering some area, especially something that is no longer being used: She cleared away the snow on the sidewalk so that no one would slip. I cleared the dishes away after dinner.2. To move away from some place: He cleared away from the dangerous cliff. The crowd cleared away when the police arrived.3. To make someone or some group move away from some place: The troopers cleared the crowd away from the crime scene. The police cleared away the crowd in preparation for the celebrity's arrival.See also: away, clear

clear off

v.1. To remove something that is covering some area: She cleared off the papers that were cluttering her desk. He cleared the dirt off the windowsill.2. To clean some area by removing items that are there: He cleared off the worktable to make room for the new equipment. She cleared the counter off and wiped it with a sponge.See also: clear, off

clear out

v.1. To empty something of its contents or occupants: We cleared the living room out and turned it into a dance floor. Emergency crews cleared out the village ahead of the hurricane.2. To remove some contents or occupants from a container or region: I opened up the old cabin and cleared the cobwebs out with a broom. We finally cleared out the junk in the attic.3. To become free of occupants: The theater cleared out when the show ended.4. To leave a place, usually quickly: The embassy advised us to clear out before the war started.See also: clear, out

clear up

v.1. To remove obstructions, unwanted objects, or imperfections from something: Could you help me clear up the table after dinner? The allergy medication cleared my sinuses up.2. To remove some obstructions, unwanted objects, or imperfections: Firefighters quickly cleared up the accident, and traffic returned to normal. When I got poison ivy, the doctor gave me a medicinal cream to clear it up.3. To become free of obstructions, unwanted objects, or imperfections: My skin has cleared up since I started using that acne medication.4. To go away; disappear: I hope the traffic clears up before I have to drive home.5. To clarify something: This article should clear up some of the confusion surrounding my new theory. The origin of the artifact remained a mystery, and we hoped that the professor could clear it up.6. To become more apparent or easily perceptible: As we discussed the issue, it began to clear up.7. To become brighter and more pleasant. Used especially of the weather: We can go to the beach if the weather clears up.See also: clear, up

clear out

in. to leave; to depart. The boss gave me till next week to clear out. I’m fired—canned. See also: clear, out

clear the air

To dispel differences or emotional tensions.See also: air, clear

clear waivers

To be unclaimed by another professional club and therefore liable to be assigned to a minor-league club or released.See also: clear, waiver

clearing

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in banking, the periodic settling of bankers' claims against each other, for which local banks establish clearinghouse associations. Clearinghouses are said to have existed in Florence by A.D. 800. They were certainly perfected in Lyons by 1463, and their use was widespread in 18th-century Europe. The first modern clearinghouse was either at Edinburgh (1760) or at London (1773). Such an institution involves frequent meetings of local bank representatives to settle the balances among member banks. In the United States, the balance (debit or credit) for each bank at the close of a meeting is forwarded to the Federal Reserve bank, which adjusts the individual accounts accordingly. Intercity balances are settled on the books of the Federal Reserve banks daily by electronic transfers. Clearing is also practiced by stock and commodity exchanges. The Stock Clearing Corp. (started in 1920), for instance, is responsible for clearing transactions made at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE); in addition, the National Securities Clearing Corp. (1976) handles clearances for NYSE, the American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ (see under stock exchangestock exchange,
organized market for the trading of stocks and bonds (see bond; stock). Such markets were originally open to all, but at present only members of the owning association may buy and sell directly.
..... Click the link for more information. ), and the International Securities Clearing Corp. (1985) handles overseas transactions. Many of these operations are now computerized. International claims are settled by clearing unions, groups of central banks, and other major financial institutions. The most famous such group was the European Payments Union, now defunct, which was created in 1950 to provide economic stability in Europe during the postwar period.

Bibliography

See T. Cowan, The Clearing Banks and the Trade Unions (1984); B. G. Auguste, The Economics of International Payments Unions and Clearing Houses (1997).

Clearing

a method of noncash settling of accounts by canceling balancing claims and obligations.

Clearing is widely used in domestic and international settlements of accounts. The method was first used by British banks in the middle of the 18th century and was necessitated by the constricted metallic base of circulation (that is, an insufficiency of gold) and the development of credit. The evolution of clearing operations and the growth of the number of participating banks led to the emergence of special banking institutions called clearinghouses. The first clearinghouse was founded in London in 1775. Later, clearinghouses were organized in New York (1852), Paris and Vienna (1872), Berlin (1883), and elsewhere. In prerevolutionary Russia there was no specialized clearinghouse; its functions were performed by the State Bank.

Clearing operations became especially widespread in the era of imperialism. The development of the capitalist credit system and the huge volume of check turnover necessitate a broad system of clearing operations. During economic recessions and crises, the system of clearing operations experiences severe disturbances as people try to get their hands on cash and gold.

Under socialism the system of an exchange of claims between banks is turned into one of the forms of settling accounts between enterprises and organizations based on the mutual setoff of claims. The decentralized setoff of mutual claims has been used in the USSR since 1954; the method is efficient (the setoff amounts to approximately 80 percent) and widespread (approximately 85 percent of the entire turnover of mutual claims in 1970) for the mutual settling of accounts among industrial, transportation, and supply organizations.

In international settlements, foreign exchange clearing involves accounts between two or among several countries; counterclaims and payments are settled in cash and gold only for the difference in the goods delivered and services rendered. Foreign exchange clearing was first used only for foreign trade accounts and was later extended to noncommercial operations and to other payments arising from economic relations between individual countries. Clearing operations may be unilateral, bilateral, and multilateral. The most common are bilateral clearing operations, in which counterclaims and obligations are set off between two countries. Depending on the manner of liquidating the indebtedness, clearing operations are divided into clearings in which the debt incurred is liquidated by the delivery of goods and not by gold or convertible currency (this is called a nonconvertible balance) and clearings in which the balance must be liquidated entirely or to a certain percentage by payments in gold or in a freely convertible currency (a convertible balance).

In capitalist countries, foreign exchange clearings developed in the course of international settlements during the world economic crisis of 1929–33, which shook the capitalist currency system. In the 1930’s most capitalist countries introduced severe currency limitations. The first clearing agreement was signed between Switzerland and Hungary in 1931. In the mid-1950’s, approximately 60 percent of all international accounts were settled through currency clearings. Since 1958, as a result of the expansion of the currency convertibility of a number of capitalist countries, the share of clearing operations in the entire payment turnover of the capitalist world has been gradually declining.

In the mutual settlements of accounts of socialist countries the clearing system is widely used. Up to Jan. 1, 1964, bilateral clearing was the basic form of international settlement of accounts in socialist countries. However, even in the 1950’s, member countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) were beginning to use multilateral clearing operations in their account settlements to expand commodity turnover and improve its structure. The initial form of these settlements was the trilateral single setoff clearing. Also widely used were trilateral clearings that operated within the provisions of trade and payment agreements.

In June 1957, COMECON members signed the Agreement on Multilateral Clearings, which provided that participating countries using bilateral clearings to settle accounts arising from basic commodity circulation could go to a multilateral basis to handle additional commodity circulation among themselves. To settle accounts among the banks of COMECON members, a clearinghouse was founded. Since Jan. 1, 1964, accounts among COMECON members have been settled within the system of multilateral clearings in transfer rubles through the International Bank of Economic Cooperation. The Comprehensive Program of Socialist Economic Integration, which was adopted at the 25th session of COMECON (1971), includes further improvements in the system of multilateral clearings in transfer rubles and the workings of the International Bank of Economic Cooperation to ensure that the instruments of payment of COMECON members will correspond to the aims and goals of socialist economic integration at all stages of its development.

REFERENCES

Smirnov, A. M. Mezhdunarodnye valiutnye i kreditnye otnosheniia SSSR, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1960.
Sveshnikov, M. N. Sistema raschetov mezhdu stranami sotsialisticheskogo sodruzhestva. Moscow, 1964.
Komissarov, V. P. and A. N. Popova. Mezhdunarodnye valutnye i kreditnye otnosheniia. Moscow, 1965.
Karpich, V. Bank sodruzhestva ravnykh. Moscow, 1966.
Valutnye otnosheniia vo vneshnei torgovle SSSR: Pravovye voprosy. Edited by A. B. Al’tshuler. Moscow, 1968.
Frei, L. I. Valutnye i finansovye raschety kapitalisticheskikh stran. Moscow, 1969.
Denezhnoe obrashchenie i kredit SSSR, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1970.
Mazanov, G. G. Mezhdunarodnye raschety stran-chlenov SEV. Moscow, 1970.

O. M. SHELKOV

clearing

[′klir·iŋ] (graphic arts) The process of removing silver halides from developed films by using a fixer. The process of exposing a vesicular film to ultraviolet light after the development step in order to decompose any remaining diazonium salts.

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The cutting down of bushes and trees and the digging and removal of their roots and stumps.

clearing

an area with few or no trees or shrubs in wooded or overgrown land

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