conveyance

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Related topics: Transport, Law

con·vey·ance /kənˈveɪəns/ noun

1 [countableC] formalTT a vehicle 运输工具，交通工具

Wheeled conveyances of any kind are not allowed in the park.

任何有轮子的交通工具都不许在公园里行驶。

2 [uncountableU] formalTAKE/BRING when you take something from one place to another 传送，运送

the conveyance of goods

货物的运送

3 [uncountableU] when you communicate or express something, with or without words 表达，表示

Facial expressions are part of the conveyance of meaning.

面部表情也是在表达意思。

4. [countableC]SCL law a legal document that gives land, property etc to one person from another 产权转让证书

Examples from the Corpus

conveyance• Familiarity with two basic property documents - a lease and a conveyance - is very useful.• It is a conveyance of dreams: chrome, tail fins, pale blue bodywork.• In 1987, there were 1.96 million conveyances worth £103 billion.• Joe was one of the most outrageous of the gamblers, not least of all in his choice of conveyance.• Thus, transhipment prohibitions in relation to multi-modal or inter-modal means of conveyance amount to impossible conditions.• The company relies on trains for the conveyance of goods.• For the conveyance of wounded men in ambulance trains, refugees, and prisoners of war, 13,318 special trains were provided.• In practice most mortgagees require to join in the conveyance.• All these are a part of the conveyance of meaning.• No wheeled conveyances of any kind are allowed in the park.

From Longman Business Dictionary

conveyancecon·vey·ance /kənˈveɪəns/ nounLAW

1[countableC] a document that officially states that land or property has passed from one person to another

the drafting of a legal document such as a will or a conveyance

2[countableC, uncountableU] when land or property that was owned by one person becomes the property of another person, or the legal process involved in doing this

the conveyance of a legal estate to new trustees

con·vey·ance noun

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