Meaning

3 senses
  1. A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.

    Verrechnungsstelle, Abrechnungsstelle, Giroausgleichsstelle

    a central collection place where banks exchange checks or drafts; participants maintain an account against which credits or debits are posted

  2. (broadly, figuratively)A hub of collection, maintenance, and distribution of goods, information etc.

  3. A repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data

Translations

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By meaning 1
a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts:

Forms

plural: clearing houses
Singularclearing house
Pluralclearing houses

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Word family

2 related words

See also

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