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conveying

conveying

1 7.3
The act of legally moving ownership of a property from one person to another
  • noun
  • /kənˈveɪɪŋ/
  • Formal
translation icon : transferencia
  • Your conveying of your personal experiences is certainly welcome, valid, and informative, but I'm just not getting why you seem to be pressing this point about men's suffering so hard.
  • conveying system

Examples

  • Applications include wastewater treatment, groundwater sparging, soil vapor extraction, and pneumatic conveying.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In another place, he says that revelation is "a word I use because it is traditional and I can think of no better one." He then immediately denies that it is "the conveying of information from an objective divine source to a subjective human receptor."

    Academic text (1992)
  • The mechanism, buried within the drum housing, gives no quarter to the dirt and debris that so often pervade such conveying operations.

    Academic text (2002)
  • In addition, dirty water can coat the conveying tubes, reducing ultraviolet penetration.

    Academic text (1996)
  • With its new part-holding conveying system, Conveyor Technologies Ltd. of Loveland, Ohio, has increased the positional accuracy that a work-holding fixture can maintain.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Superail is designed for transporting extremely heavy loads on a manual or automatic roller-rail conveying system for applications that include the movement of dies, bins, pallets, containers, and other heavy objects.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The Smart Elbow for pneumatic or slurry conveying systems reduces costly maintenance and downtime by eliminating elbow wear, plugging, and product degradation.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The conveying of the property was finalized at the courthouse yesterday.

  • They discussed the legal process of conveying ownership during the meeting.

  • The attorney explained the steps involved in conveying real estate to the buyers.

Synonyms

delivery
vsconveying
  • Formal
122 2.3

Giving someone the legal right to own something like a house

is narrower, focusing on property title transfer in legal settings
handover
vsconveying
  • UK
16 3.9

An act of giving something like keys, control, or responsibility to another person

concentrates on formal transfer of property title rather than general control
handing over
vsconveying
13 2.7

Giving something to another person and making them responsible for it

concerns formal legal transfer of property title rather than casual giving
transference
vsconveying
11 6.8

Moving things, such as data, rights and ownership, from one place, form or person to another

narrows that idea to legal transfer of property title
assignment
vsconveying
  • Formal
11 5.3

The legal transfer of a right or property to someone else

is specific to transferring property title rather than any right
conveyancing
vsconveying
  • UK
3 9.1

The legal process of moving ownership of a house or land from one person to another

is the act of transferring title generally, not only the formal process
conveyance
vsconveying
  • Formal
2 8.2

A legal document that transfers property to new owners

is focused on transferring title rather than the process or document
legal transfer
vsconveying
  • Formal
1 4.2

A voluntary change of who owns something that follows the law

is specifically about transferring property title in legal contexts
conveyance of title
vsconveying
  • Formal
8.2

An official process that legally transfers ownership of property between people

has the same meaning but is the general term used in law

How Legal

to vest
  • Formal
5 7.0
to grant land
  • Formal
1 6.6
conveying
  • Formal
1 7.3
transfer
355 3.2

Surface Forms

conveying singular
conveyings plural

Morphology

conveying = convey (transparent) = convey + ing

The noun sense is a straightforward gerund/nominalization of the verb 'convey', meaning 'the act of conveying'.

Etymology

The word conveying comes from old parts con- meaning 'together' and vehere meaning 'to carry', and you can see the same idea in vehicle, which carries people or things. So, to convey property is to 'carry' ownership from one person to another.