| conveyance | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. conveyance | document effecting a property transfer. |
| ~ legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. |
| ~ quitclaim, quitclaim deed | document transferring title or right or claim to another. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (communication) | 2. conveyance, impartation, imparting | the transmission of information. |
| ~ transmission | communication by means of transmitted signals. |
| ~ giving | the imparting of news or promises etc..; "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. conveyance, transport | something that serves as a means of transportation. |
| ~ dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects. |
| ~ dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted. |
| ~ horsebox | a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses. |
| ~ instrumentation, instrumentality | an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end. |
| ~ litter | conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers. |
| ~ mail | a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system. |
| ~ public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail or freight. |
| ~ roll-on roll-off | a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination. |
| ~ cargo ships, merchant vessels, merchant marine, shipping | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry. |
| ~ sidecar | conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle. |
| ~ ski lift, ski tow, lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill. |
| ~ telfer, telpher | one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage. |
| ~ trailer | a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor. |
| ~ aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway | a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers. |
| ~ vehicle | a conveyance that transports people or objects. |
| n. (act) | 4. conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying | act of transferring property title from one person to another. |
| ~ transference, transfer | transferring ownership. |
| ~ legal transfer, livery, delivery | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another. |
| n. (act) | 5. conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation | the act of moving something from one location to another. |
| ~ movement | the act of changing the location of something.; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" |
| ~ transshipment | the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment. |
| ~ airlift, lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). |
| ~ connexion, connection | shifting from one form of transportation to another.; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" |
| ~ bringing, delivery | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).; "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
| ~ drive | the act of driving a herd of animals overland. |
| ~ carry | the act of carrying something. |
| ~ pickup | the act of taking aboard passengers or freight. |
| ~ lighterage | the transportation of goods on a lighter. |
| ~ relocation, resettlement | the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind). |
| ~ teleportation | a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another. |
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