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con·vey·ance
(kən-vā′əns)n.
1. The act of conveying.
2. A means of conveying, especially a vehicle for transportation.
3. Law
a. Transfer of title to property from one party to another.
b. The document by which a property transfer is effected.
con·vey′anc·er n.
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conveyance
(kənˈveɪəns)n
1. the act of conveying
2. a means of transport
3. (Law) law
a. a transfer of the legal title to property
b. the document effecting such a transfer
conˈveyancer n
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con•vey•ance
(kənˈveɪ əns)n.
1. the act of conveying.
2. a means of transporting, esp. a vehicle.
3.
a. the transfer of property from one person to another.
b. the document accomplishing this.
[1495–1505]
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Noun | 1. | conveyance - document effecting a property transfer legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right quitclaim, quitclaim deed - document transferring title or right or claim to another law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
2. | conveyance - the transmission of information transmission - communication by means of transmitted signals giving - the imparting of news or promises etc.; "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily" | |
3. | conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted horsebox - a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses instrumentation, instrumentality - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers mail - a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination cargo ships, merchant vessels, shipping, merchant marine - conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry sidecar - conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle trailer - a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway - a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects | |
4. | conveyance - act of transferring property title from one person to another transference, transfer - transferring ownership legal transfer, livery, delivery - the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | |
5. | conveyance - the act of moving something from one location to another movement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" transshipment - the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment airlift, lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) connexion, connection - shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" drive - the act of driving a herd of animals overland carry - the act of carrying something pickup - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight lighterage - the transportation of goods on a lighter relocation, resettlement - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) teleportation - a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another |
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conveyance
noun
2. transportation, movement, transfer, transport, transmission, carriage, transference the conveyance of bicycles on Regional Railway trains
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conveyance
noun1. The moving of persons or goods from one place to another:
2. Law. A making over of legal ownership or title:
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Translations
نَقْلوَسيلة نَقْل
dopravadopravní prostředekpřepravavozidlo
befordringsmiddeloverførseltransport
farartækiflutningur
conveyance
[kənˈveɪəns] N1. (= act) (no pl) → transporte m, transmisión f (Jur) [of property] → traspaso m
2. (frm) (= vehicle) → vehículo m, medio m de transporte
public conveyance → vehículo m de servicio público
public conveyance → vehículo m de servicio público
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
conveyance
n
(= transport) → Beförderung f; (of goods also) → Spedition f; conveyance of goods → Güterverkehr m; mode of conveyance → Beförderungsmittel nt
(old, form, = vehicle) → Gefährt nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
convey
(kənˈvei) verb1. to carry. Huge ships convey oil from the Middle East.
2. to transfer the ownership of (property by legal means).
conˈveyance noun1. the act of conveying. the conveyance of goods.
2. a vehicle of any kind. A bus is a public conveyance.
conˈveyancing noun the branch of the law dealing with transfer of property.
conˈveyor noun a person or thing that conveys.
conveyor belt an endless, moving belt carrying articles from one place to another in a factory etc. She put nuts on the chocolates as they went down the conveyor belt.
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