Antonyms for conveyance

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

Synonyms for conveyance

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