clearing house
Americannoun
noun
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banking an institution where cheques and other commercial papers drawn on member banks are cancelled against each other so that only net balances are payable
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a central agency for the collection and distribution of information or materials
Example Sentences
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His library, the Carter Presidential Center, became an influential clearing house of ideas and programmes intended to solve international problems and crises.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024
Organizers say the Expo was always designed as a clearing house for far out ideas but there have been times when its open-minded, anything-goes attitude has gone too far.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2024
"She was just told it would be highly secret work and that eventually she would be told what it was, but meanwhile she was to pack her bags and go to a clearing house."
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023
Fees would also be paid through FIFA’s Paris-based financial clearing house, which aims to bring more transparency to a global transfer market that has traditionally been murky.
From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2023
He was fluent in several European languages and acted as a kind of clearing house for scientific information, communicating by letter with scientists all over Europe.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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