Clearing

Clearing or The Clearing may refer to:

Arts and media

 * Clearing (Fred Frith album), 2001
 * Clearing (Hyd album), 2022
 * The Clearing (film), a 2004 drama film
 * The Clearing (EP), a 2006 EP by Weatherbox
 * The Clearing (Sleep for Sleepers album), 2009
 * The Clearing (Locrian album), 2011
 * The Clearing (Homeland), an episode of the American television series Homeland
 * The Clearing (podcast), a 2019 true crime podcast
 * The Clearing (TV series), 2023

Ecology

 * Clearing (forest), a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
 * Clearing (geography), the process by which vegetation is permanently removed
 * Deforestation, the clearing away of trees to make farmland

Economics and finance

 * Clearing (finance), the process of settling a transaction after committing to it
 * Market clearing, the matching of supply and demand via price movement

Other uses

 * Clearing, Chicago, a community area in Illinois, U.S.
 * The Clearing (Ellison Bay, Wisconsin), also known as The Clearing Folk School
 * Clearing (telecommunications), the disconnecting of a call
 * Yarn clearing, in textile industry
 * Clearing, a practice in Scientology
 * Clearing, a process used by the UK's Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)