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clearing house en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.
   • The Railway Clearing House, which was established 120 years ago, was disbanded on March 31. [see "Further reading" for the Wikipedia article.] 1963 May, “News and Comment: End of the Railway Clearing House”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
2. (broadly, figuratively) A hub of collection, maintenance, and distribution of goods, information etc.
   • The mixed load is likely to have come from Rotterdam, one of Europe's key clearing houses for drugs 2011, Samuel West (narrator), Smugglers TV series (ep. 2),
3. A repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data

Forms

Deriveds

automated clearing house

Relateds

outclearing · inclearing

Translations (17)

de Giroausgleichsstelle (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · es cámara de compensación (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · fi selvitysyhteisö (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · ka ანგარიშსწორების პალატა (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · el γραφείο συμψηφισμού (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · de Clearing-Stelle (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · ka საანგარიშო პალატა (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · it stanza di compensazione (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · de Abrechnungsstelle (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · pl izba rozrachunkowa (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · ka კლირინგული პალატა (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · fi selvitysyhtiö (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · ka კლირინგის პალატა (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · fr chambre de compensation (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · es centro de intercambio (a repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data) · de Verrechnungsstelle (a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts) · fi tiedonvälitysjärjestelmä (a repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data)