conveyance

English

Alternative forms

• conveyaunce

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒnˌveɪn̩s/, /kənˈveIn̩s/; X-SAMPA: /"kQn%veIn=s/, /k@n"veIn=s/

Noun

conveyance (plural conveyances)

1. An act or instance of conveying.
   1. (archaic) A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication.
      • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

        She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me.

2. A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
3. (law) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

Translations

An act or instance of conveying

• Bulgarian: предаване (bg) (predavane), съобщаване (bg) (sǎobštavane)

A means of transporting

• Bulgarian: превоз, превозно средство

(lawconveyance) An instrument transferring title

• Bulgarian: прехвърляне на собственост

Verb

conveyance (third-person singular simple present conveyances, present participle conveyancing, simple past and past participle conveyanced)

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