clearinghouse

American  

[kleer-ing-hous] / ˈklɪər ɪŋˌhaʊs /

Or clearing house

noun

plural

clearinghouses

1. a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.

2. a central institution or agency for the collection, maintenance, and distribution of materials, information, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of clearinghouse

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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

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

Cobb’s eight-page newsletter, A Friend Indeed, published 10 times a year, served as a clearinghouse of information and a space for frank, women-centered conversations about menopause’s physical and emotional impacts, at a time when that was taboo.

From The Wall Street Journal