Clearing house

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.]"

  2. 2
    a central collection place where banks exchange checks or drafts; participants maintain an account against which credits or debits are posted wordnet
  3. 3
    A hub of collection, maintenance, and distribution of goods, information etc. broadly, figuratively

    "The mixed load is likely to have come from Rotterdam, one of Europe's key clearing houses for drugs"

  4. 4
    A repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data

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