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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh n-vey-uh ns
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈveɪ əns



Definition of conveyance

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "act of conveying," from convey + -ance. Meaning "document by which something is legally conveyed" is from 1570s; sense "means of transportation" is attested from 1590s. Related: Conveyanced; conveyancing.
  • noun transport
Example sentences :
  • All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.
  • Extract from : « The Old Apple Dealer (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • How could we hoist ourselves to such a height with Marie's conveyance?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Well, get some sort of conveyance that we can both sit in while you drive.
  • Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
  • By no act of conveyance would, or could, He make over His own Rest to them.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • They alighted at the street corner, and dismissing their conveyance, walked to the house.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • The artist is his conveyance, not his companion,—his horse, not his friend.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • A deed of conveyance having been prepared, they exchanged signatures.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • The train was missed, and the crowd unyoked the horses from the conveyance.
  • Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
  • And there was no conveyance waiting to take them to Blue Cliff Hall.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • There was no conveyance of any sort and I really expected one.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

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