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📝 Easy to understand 🧹 To remove things 🌤️ No obstacles 💬 To explain 😌 No guilt ✅ To approve officially 💰 To earn money 🤧 To cough slightly 🆓 No blame 💧 To make pure 🏃‍♂️ To go over 🔔 Pure or sharp 🗑️ To erase data 📄 No claims 🔊 Easily understood
to clear

to clear

154 6.0
To earn a net profit after expenses
  • verb
  • /klɪr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : obtener
  • Once the investment pays off, I expect to clear my debts within a few months.
  • clear arrears
  • clear transactions
  • centrally cleared

When the money comes and it clears, then it's a deal.

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Examples

  • After I sell them the house and my check clears, I'm done caring.

    Buck Southworth: U.S. Air Force Flight Crew (2021)

  • Misperceptions due to false rumors and ignorance are easily cleared up with educational efforts.

    Academic text (1997)

  • How much have you cleared?

    Broken City (2013)

  • When the money comes and it clears, then it's a deal.

    Film Courage

  • We might clear enough to buy you some headlights.

    Cars (2006)

  • Many banks in these countries continue to hold reserves, but only for the purpose of clearing payments.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Isabelle, who specialized in medical malpractice, could sometimes clear several million in a good year.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • With a domestic expansion, we'd clear $600 billion per annum.

    RoboCop (2014)

  • With careful planning, our event could clear a significant profit for the charity.

  • After selling the old furniture, I was able to clear enough money to pay my bills.

Synonyms

to make
vsto clear
∞ 1.3

To earn money from work or business

highlights net profit or clearing obligations beyond simply getting money
to gain
vsto clear
∞ 1.4

To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills

centres specifically on earning money or on settling financial obligations
to earn
vsto clear
780 1.0

To get money for work you do or from a business

is narrower by focusing on net result and resolving payments too
to make money
vsto clear
477 1.2

To get money by working or running a business

adds the idea of settling debts as well as receiving net income
to profit
vsto clear
140 3.2

To get an advantage from something

is focused specifically on money earned or on paying off liabilities
to settle
vsto clear
140 3.4

To pay money you owe

also means earning net money, not only completing payment of debts
to bring in
vsto clear
123 2.8

Earn money from a thing or activity

emphasizes net gain or the act of clearing debts rather than sale price
to realize
vsto clear
  • Specialized
46 6.7

To turn things you own into money

focuses more on regular profit or settling payments rather than asset sale
to solve
vsto clear
  • Archaic
34 8.9

To pay the money you owe

extends that sense by also meaning to earn or receive net money
to take in
vsto clear
  • Informal
25 4.9

Earn money from work or sales

is the standard term for net profit or for settling debts
to pull in
vsto clear
14 4.1

To earn money from work or business

stresses final net result or settling obligations rather than gross income
to net
vsto clear
9 3.5

To get money after paying costs and taxes

also covers paying or settling outstanding bills and debts

Antonyms

to owe
∞ 1.0

Have to pay or give something to someone

Idioms

in the clear
  • Informal
33 4.4

Not in danger, trouble, or under suspicion

the coast is clear
  • Informal
11 3.2

Safe to go because no one is watching

to see one's way clear
  • Informal
3 8.0

Decide you can do something after problems are solved

clear and to the point
1 3.7

Easy to understand without extra details

Phrasal Verbs

to make oneself clear
545 3.4

Say something so other people understand what you mean

to clear up
172 2.3

To explain something so people understand it

to clear out
91 3.1

Remove all things from a place so it becomes empty

to clear up
51 2.0

To become clear after cloudy or rainy weather

to steer clear of
  • Informal
34 4.0

To stay away from people and things that may cause trouble or harm

to clear the air
  • Informal
24 4.1

Help people stop feeling angry or worried by talking about the problem

to clear the table
16 1.1

Remove dishes and other things from the table after a meal

to clear up
12 2.6

To finish tasks completely so nothing is left

to clear away
10 1.8

To take things away from a place to make it tidy

to clear off
8 3.0

Remove things from a surface to make it empty or clean

to clear the decks
  • Informal
4 5.7

Finish current tasks and remove problems to prepare for something new

to clear out
2 4.6

Remove mucus from the chest or lungs by coughing

to clear-cut
  • Specialized
2 6.1

To cut down all the trees in an area at once

to clear one's head
1 3.9

To stop thinking about upsetting or confusing thoughts to feel calmer

to clear someone's mind
1 3.7

To stop worrying and think calmly to focus

to clear the table
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Remove all rows from a database table to make it empty

to clear (someone's) inbox
  • Texting
3.0

Deal with all the emails in your inbox so it is empty or easy to handle

to clear the throat
2.7

To cough slightly to remove mucus from your throat or to get attention

to set a clear boundary
4.1

To make a clear line between two areas or kinds of activity

Compounds

crystal clear
  • Informal
43 2.5

Very easy to understand or hear

clear-cut
27 4.2

Easy to see and understand

all clear
  • Formal
26 3.2

A signal like a siren or announcement that tells people it is safe after an emergency

clear sign
10 1.3

An obvious thing that shows something is true

clear and present danger
  • Formal
7 7.6

A legal rule that allows stopping speech when it poses a serious, obvious threat to public safety

clear statement
5 2.1

A message that clearly shows someone's opinion or decision and is easy to understand

crystal clear
5 3.1

Completely see-through so you can easily see inside

clear sailing
  • Informal
2 3.5

A time when things move forward easily and without problems

clear-cutting
  • Specialized
2 5.2

Cutting down all the trees in an area at once

clear communication
1 2.5

An exchange of information that people understand easily

clear-air turbulence
  • Specialized
1 8.4

Sudden strong air movement in clear sky that shakes airplanes

clear liquid diet
  • Specialized
1 3.7

Only clear drinks and foods like broth, juice or gelatin for medical reasons

clear blue sea
1 1.2

A calm part of the ocean that has very clear blue water

clear alignment
3.9

A clear agreement with an idea, policy, or group

clear battle line
5.4

A clear division between two groups that shows who supports each side in a dispute

clear glaze
  • Specialized
4.1

A clear, thin layer put on wood or other surfaces to protect them and make them look shiny

clear-eyed analysis
6.0

An honest, fair look at the facts

How Settled

to clear
  • Specialized
154 6.0
to pay
∞ 1.0
profit
  • Specialized
∞ 2.0
to break even
27 3.3
to owe
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

clear infinitive
cleared past
cleared past participle
clearing present participle
clears third person singular

Etymology

To clear money, as in 'she cleared a profit', means to make it free after costs; think of clear as 'free of claims' so the amount left is truly yours.