conveyance

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conveyance

  • /kənˈveɪəns/ Canada, US, UK
  • /kənˈvæɪəns/ Australia, New Zealand

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From Middle English conveiance, conveyaunce, equivalent to convey + -ance.

noun conveyances · conveyaunce

  1. countable, uncountable 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.
  2. archaic, countable, uncountable A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication. 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; […]
  3. countable, uncountable 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. countable, uncountable An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

verb conveyances · conveyancing · conveyanced · conveyaunce

  1. transitive To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

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Every language

noun act or instance of conveying

DeutschTransport, Übertragung
Русскийпереда́ча peredáča, сообще́ние soobščénije

noun means of transporting

日本語乗り物 norimono
हिन्दीपरिवहन parivhan
DeutschTransportmittel, Verkehrsmittel
Русскийтра́нспортное сре́дство tránsportnoje srédstvo, перево́зочное сре́дство perevózočnoje srédstvo
العربيةوَسِيلَةُ النَّقْل wasīlatu n-naql

verb to transfer

Deutschübertragen

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@misc{conveyance_2026,
  title = {conveyance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conveyance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}