conveyance

[ kuhn-vey-uhns ]

noun

1. the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
2. a means of transporting, especially a vehicle, as a bus, airplane, or automobile.
3. Law.
   1. the transfer of property from one person to another.
   2. the instrument or document by which this is effected.

conveyance

/ kənˈveɪəns /

noun

1. the act of conveying
2. a means of transport
3. law
   1. a transfer of the legal title to property
   2. the document effecting such a transfer

Derived Forms

• conˈveyancer, noun

Other Words From

• noncon·veyance noun
• precon·veyance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of conveyance¹

First recorded in 1495–1505; convey + -ance

Example Sentences

Drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians may quibble over who’s the worst, but for now many seem united in their contempt for the new wave of e-assisted conveyances, in the same way the People’s Front of Judea despised the Judean People’s Front.

From Outside Online

Vehicles like the new Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck represent a beefier type of electric conveyance, and one of the beefiest ones on the block are huge electric garbage trucks from Mack.

From Popular-Science

The City presently provides opportunities for ownership of city-owned property through land disposition agreements when plans for the area support the conveyance of such properties.

From Washington Post

Preserve your vision of robot vacuums as a conveyance for cats in shark costumes.

From Popular-Science

The order states passengers must wear masks “while boarding, disembarking, and traveling on any conveyance into or within the United States,” as well as “at any transportation hub that provides transportation within the United States.”

From Washington Post

One of them hurled an explosive at the royal conveyance, but succeeded only in injuring the occupants of a following automobile.

From The Daily Beast

There was fraud in the inducement, fraud in the conveyance, and fraud in the ratings process.

From The Daily Beast

It is more usual, however, to set forth the transaction in a single writing or conveyance.

From Project Gutenberg

On the other hand by proper evidence it can be shown that an absolute conveyance was intended to be only a mortgage.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not until about 1644 that a weekly conveyance of letters, by post, was established throughout that kingdom.

From Project Gutenberg

From White Lodge she was told she had better take a private conveyance to her destination.

From Project Gutenberg

One of the most important sections relates to the conveyance of real estate.

From Project Gutenberg