clearance times

Noun

clearance time (countable and uncountable, plural clearance times)

1. The amount of time required for a payment to be deposited to an account.
   • By taking advantage of the clearance time after deposit of a check in one account to clear the account the check is drawn upon, and the continuing rotation of checks from one account to the other, or several different accounts, fictitional balances are caused.1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 7
2. The amount of time it takes for a pedestrian to reach the other side of a crosswalk.
   • On a street with a median at least 6 feet in width, it may be desirable to allow only enough pedestrian clearance time on a given phase to clear the crossing from the curb to the median.1971, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, page 340
3. The amount of time from when a pilot requests the right to land at an airport and the tower allows the pilot to land.
   • And when the pilot asks for an expect further clearance time, he is usually told, "Oh, you can expect your filed route after such and such," the fix to which you have been cleared.1992 April, Howard Fried, “Eye of the Examiner”, in Flying Magazine, volume 119, number 4, page 50
4. The amount of time it takes to get through customs.
   • There should be a maximum clearance time of 45 minutes for any passenger on any international arriving flight on any day of the year at any time of the day.1988, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations, Treasury, Postal Service, and General...
5. (postal) The amount of time it takes for a backordered item to arrive.
   • In the case of the SS strategy or equivalently when there is no emergency supply alternative, expected backorders' clearance time reaches its maximum, exceeding 6 days, while, on the other hand, clearance time is critically lower when an alternative emergency supplier has been proactively...2016, Eleftherios Iakovou, Dionysis Bochtis, Dimitrios Vlachos, Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks, page 278
6. The amount of time from when a fault is detected to when a circuit is automatically reopened.
   • In Fig. 12.5.6A, for example, a fault occurring at point F is detected by the busbar protection which trips the circuit breaker. It is clear, therefore, that the fault will not be disconnected, except possibly by back-up protection involving a long clearance time.1995, Electricity Training Association, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Power System Protection, page 50

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