clearinghouse

or clear·ing house

[ kleer-ing-hous ]

noun

, plural clear·ing·hous·es [kleer, -ing-hou-ziz].

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clearinghouse¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The Department of Community Affairs clearinghouse for budget reports was missing 2019 data for about 40 towns.

From ProPublica

McReynolds’ two-year-old organization became a clearinghouse for a nation struggling to adapt.

From Time

Robinhood’s collateral requirements from clearinghouse rose dramatically amid the recent market volatility, leading the startup to restrict the trading of some shares, including in those of GameStop.

From Fortune

This was a clearinghouse decision, and it was just based on the capital requirements.

From TechCrunch

The regulators wouldn’t be alone in having this kind of data, but the agency is a clearinghouse and would have confidential information that state-sponsored hackers might find valuable.

From MIT Technology Review

As proof, she offered a document from the National Student Clearinghouse database, which verifies college degrees.

From The Daily Beast

During the 1950s and 1960s, the Chicago Defender was an important clearinghouse for news about civil rights.

From The Daily Beast

And then there is RocketHub, the self-anointed clearinghouse for “creative underdogs” that utilizes a virtual currency.

From The Daily Beast

There is no federal agency or clearinghouse that monitors the sale or ownership of guns.

From The Daily Beast

They are listed in many communities by local branches of the Self-Help Clearinghouse.

From Project Gutenberg