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Plot and Clearing

plot

noun

  • A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal. )
    • usage: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
  • A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
    • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
    • usage: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
  • A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object.

verb

  • Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
    • usage: "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
  • Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
  • Make a plat of.
    • usage: "Plat the town"
  • Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
    • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(DoD, NATO) Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
(DoD, NATO) Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart.
(DoD, NATO) The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.
(DoD, NATO) A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
clearing

noun

  • A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
  • The act of freeing from suspicion.
  • The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.

verb

  • Rid of obstructions.
    • usage: "Clear your desk"
  • Make a way or path by removing objects.
    • usage: "Clear a path through the dense forest"
  • Become clear.
    • usage: "The sky cleared after the storm"
  • Grant authorization or clearance for.
    • usage: "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
  • Remove.
    • usage: "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"
  • Go unchallenged; be approved.
    • usage: "The bill cleared the House"
  • Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts.
    • usage: "The check will clear within 2 business days"
  • Go away or disappear.
    • usage: "The fog cleared in the afternoon"
  • Pass by, over, or under without making contact.
    • usage: "the balloon cleared the tree tops"
  • Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
    • usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  • Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment.
    • usage: "Clear the ship and let it dock"
  • Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc..
    • usage: "clear the water before it can be drunk"
  • Yield as a net profit.
    • usage: "This sale netted me $1 million"
  • Make as a net profit.
    • usage: "The company cleared $1 million"
  • Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
    • usage: "How much do you make a month in your new job"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5, 000 each month"
  • Sell.
    • usage: "We cleared a lot of the old model cars"
  • Pass an inspection or receive authorization.
    • usage: "clear customs"
  • Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
    • usage: "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
  • Settle, as of a debt.
    • usage: "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
  • Make clear, bright, light, or translucent.
    • usage: "The water had to be cleared through filtering"
  • Rid of instructions or data.
    • usage: "clear a memory buffer"
  • Remove (people) from a building.
    • usage: "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat"
  • Remove the occupants of.
    • usage: "Clear the building"
  • Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound.
    • usage: "Clear the throat"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Clearing is the process of financial guarantee between clearing members. This activity intends to eliminate the risk of contractual or transactional default. For example, two clients execute a trade through two different clearing member firms. The clients are solvent but at the end of the day one of the clearing members is not. This transaction through a clearinghouse would preserve the integrity of the trade.

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