conveyance

1. 1.

   document effecting a property transfer

   Broaderlegal document

   Narrowerquitclaim

   law

2. 2.

   the transmission of information

   Synonymsimpartingimpartation

   Broadertransmission

   Narrowergiving
3. 3.

   something that serves as a means of transportation

   Synonymstransport

   Broaderinstrumentality

   Narrowerdollyhorseboxlittermailpublic transportroll-on roll-offshippingsidecarski towtelpher
4. 4.

   act of transferring property title from one person to another

   Synonymsconveyance of titleconveyancingconveying

   Broadertransfer

   Narrowerdelivery
5. 5.

   the act of moving something from one location to another

   Synonymstransportationtransporttransfertransferral

   Broadermovement

   Narrowertransshipmentairliftconnectiondeliverydrivecarrylighterageresettlementteleportation

   Partspickup

Other forms of conveyance

plural

conveyances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conveyance

What does conveyance mean?

conveyance means "document effecting a property transfer". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conveyance?

conveyance has 3 syllables: con-ve-yance. The stress falls on "ve". In IPA it is /kənˈveɪəns/.

What is another word for conveyance?

Close synonyms include imparting, impartation, transport, conveyance of title, conveyancing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conveyance a common word?

conveyance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.