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

Our nonprofit, Disaster Accountability Project, created SmartResponse.org, a global clearinghouse and network of locally led human service and environmental organizations that prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

From Salon

Tanton also published and, for many years, edited The Social Contract, a magazine that served as a clearinghouse for his ideas.

From Salon

His mother attended “culturally relevant” classes held at a community resource center in Palmdale that was ranked as “unable to be rated” on a state clearinghouse meant to recommended appropriate programs.

From Los Angeles Times

His father attended classes at a church led by a pastor not mentioned on California’s program clearinghouse at all.

From Los Angeles Times

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who opened fire at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania this past July, was a registered Republican who some peers described as conservative but who also donated $15 years earlier to ActBlue, a clearinghouse for liberal causes.

From Salon