clearinghouse
noun
clear·ing·house
ˈklir-iŋ-ˌhau̇s 
1
: an establishment maintained by banks for settling mutual claims and accounts
2
: a central agency for the collection, classification, and distribution especially of information
broadly
: an informal channel for distributing information or assistance
Examples of clearinghouse in a Sentence
an online clearinghouse for information on museums around the world
Recent Examples on the Web
His father attended classes at a church led by a pastor not mentioned on California’s program clearinghouse at all.
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Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Like Trump before him, Musk is able to act as a clearinghouse for the fringier ideas coming from the far-right fever swamps.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
The company is actively working to grow its direct data connections to insurance companies and to limit its reliance on any single clearinghouse, says CEO Akshay Venkitasubramanian.
—Lucinda Shen, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
The technology, for example, could eventually help big banks eliminate paper contracts, do away with clearinghouses, secure digital systems from cyberattacks, and quickly settle transactions—changes that could save such institutions hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
—Rebecca Liao, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2017
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Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Like Trump before him, Musk is able to act as a clearinghouse for the fringier ideas coming from the far-right fever swamps.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
The company is actively working to grow its direct data connections to insurance companies and to limit its reliance on any single clearinghouse, says CEO Akshay Venkitasubramanian.
—Lucinda Shen, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
The technology, for example, could eventually help big banks eliminate paper contracts, do away with clearinghouses, secure digital systems from cyberattacks, and quickly settle transactions—changes that could save such institutions hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
—Rebecca Liao, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2017
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clearinghouse
noun
clear·ing·house
-ˌhau̇s
1
: an institution run by banks for the exchanging of checks and claims
2
: a central agency for collecting and giving out information
Legal Definition
clearinghouse
noun
clear·ing·house
ˈklir-iŋ-ˌhau̇s
: an institution that arranges for payment of checks owed by one bank to another
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