clearinghouse
noun
clear·ing·house
ˈklir-iŋ-ˌhau̇s 
1
: an establishment maintained by banks for settling mutual claims and accounts
2
: a central agency for the collection, classification, and distribution especially of information
broadly
: an informal channel for distributing information or assistance
Examples of clearinghouse in a Sentence
an online clearinghouse for information on museums around the world
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Change Healthcare is the nation's largest clearinghouse for medical payments.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Zoom out: The Sixteen Thirty Fund acts as a clearinghouse for progressive causes, funneling unrestricted money — around $400 million in the 2020 campaign, according to the New York Times — to various organizations.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is the nation's clearinghouse for active and archived alerts.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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clearinghouse
noun
clear·ing·house
-ˌhau̇s
1
: an institution run by banks for the exchanging of checks and claims
2
: a central agency for collecting and giving out information
Legal Definition
clearinghouse
noun
clear·ing·house
ˈklir-iŋ-ˌhau̇s
: an institution that arranges for payment of checks owed by one bank to another
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