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conveyance
/kənˈveɪəns/
noun 4verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
comfortable, rapid
VERB + CONVEYANCE
sounds
CONVEYANCE + NOUN
holiday, intelligence, speech
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
An act or instance of conveying.
The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another.
Three in a hansom cab is not, under all circumstances, the most comfortable method of conveyance […]
2
An act or instance of conveying.
How Cownterfet Cowntenaunce of the new get / With Crafty Conueyauance dothe smater and flater, / And Cloked Collucyoun is brought in to clater / With Courtely Abusyoun; […]
She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me.
3
A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
4
An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
verb
1
To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of moving something from one location to another
- transportation
- transport
- transfer
- transferral
noun — act of transferring property title from one person to anothe
- conveyancing
- conveying
noun — something that serves as a means of transportation
noun — the transmission of information
- imparting
- impartation
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and an
Wiktionary02
Three in a hansom cab is not, under all circumstances, the most comfortable method of conveyance […]
Wiktionary03
How Cownterfet Cowntenaunce of the new get / With Crafty Conueyauance dothe smater and flater, / And Cloked Collucyoun is brought in to clater / With Courtely Abusyoun; […]
Wiktionary04
For the conveyance of a holiday home, the estate agent gets a commission of 8% of the cost of rent.
Tatoeba · #1025530405
The Chinese language is peculiarly lacking in vocables; that is to say, it possesses very few sounds for the conveyance of speech.
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