transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance
(noun) the act of moving something from one location to another
conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
(noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another
conveyance, transport
(noun) something that serves as a means of transportation
conveyance, imparting, impartation
(noun) the transmission of information
conveyance
(noun) document effecting a property transfer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
conveyance (countable and uncountable, plural conveyances)
An act or instance of conveying.
(archaic) A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication.
A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
(legal) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
conveyance (third-person singular simple present conveyances, present participle conveyancing, simple past and past participle conveyanced)
(legal, transitive) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*vey"ance, n.
1. The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage. The long joirney was to be performed on horseback, -- the only sure mode of conveyamce. Prescott. Following th river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water. There pipes and these conveyances of our blood. Shak.
3. The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission. Tradition is no infallible way of conveyance. Stillingfleet.
4. (Law)
Definition: The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another. [He] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. Clarendon.
5. Dishonest management, or artifice. [Obs.] the very jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off. Hakewill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
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