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# conveyance

noun (a conveyance, conveyances; conveyance, uncountable)

«conveyance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) A conveyance is a vehicle or any way of carrying people or things: "a horse-drawn conveyance". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#m1)
2. (formal) Conveyance is the act of carrying or moving something from one place to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#m2)
3. (law) Conveyance (conveyancing) is the legal work of passing the ownership of a house or land to someone else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#m3)

### In the lessons

In formal and old-fashioned writing, a "conveyance" means a carriage, cart, car or bus. In science, the conveyance of water through a plant or pipes means carrying it. Lawyers do conveyancing when a house is sold. Phrases: means of conveyance, public conveyance.

### Examples

- The carriage was a fine conveyance pulled by four horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#x1)
- Buses are a cheap means of conveyance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#x2)
- The conveyance of goods by canal was slow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#x3)
- Pipes provide the conveyance of water to the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#x4)
- The lawyer handled the conveyance of the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#x5)
- "What is this strange conveyance?" asked the knight, looking at the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#x6)
- I shall start on my travels, but what conveyance shall I choose? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/#x7)

### Note

Formal and old-fashioned. Verb: convey (to carry; to make an idea known). Everyday words: vehicle, transport. A conveyor belt carries things along in a factory.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conveyance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conveyance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conveyance.html) on Mova free.