clearinghouse

American

[kleer-ing-hous] / ˈklɪər ɪŋˌhaʊs /

Or clearing house

noun

plural

clearinghouses

a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
a central institution or agency for the collection, maintenance, and distribution of materials, information, etc.

Etymology

Origin of clearinghouse

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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Before Babikian got the #EndFanatics movement going on X, the account @FanaticsSucks was the clearinghouse for disgruntled Fanatics customers.

From Los Angeles Times

Texas is the last stop for most immigrants caught in the administration’s dragnet, with more than 18,700 people detained in the state’s ICE facilities as of February the nation’s highest share, according to federal data analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonprofit that analyzes government data obtained via public records requests.

From Salon

Five years later, Gensler says the risk of everyday investors being shut off from their brokerage accounts is “far less likely” following SEC rule changes to improve clearinghouse efficiency under the Biden administration, including the move to T+1, which shortened the time trades take to settle to one day from two days.

From Barron's

The AEA functions as the main clearinghouse for economics jobs through its Job Openings for Economists network, or JOE.

From The Wall Street Journal

About 65,000 people were in ICE detention as of 30 November 2025, according to data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse's immigration project, a compendium of government data from Syracuse University.

From BBC

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