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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Instead, companies should use a single platform as a clearinghouse and repository for all crucial data.
3. Find hidden data.
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Simon Dae Oong Kim, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Many housing and code violation cases originate in local mayor’s courts, and a county-wide housing court would need buy-in from all of these local governments to agree to use the county docket as a clearinghouse for these cases.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
Tanton also published and, for many years, edited The Social Contract, a magazine that served as a clearinghouse for his ideas.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Roughly 60 such threats in a 16-county area were vetted in September by the Southwest Texas Fusion Center, an intelligence clearinghouse of multiple law enforcement agencies managed by the San Antonio Police Department.
—Melissa Manno, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Simon Dae Oong Kim, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Many housing and code violation cases originate in local mayor’s courts, and a county-wide housing court would need buy-in from all of these local governments to agree to use the county docket as a clearinghouse for these cases.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
Tanton also published and, for many years, edited The Social Contract, a magazine that served as a clearinghouse for his ideas.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Roughly 60 such threats in a 16-county area were vetted in September by the Southwest Texas Fusion Center, an intelligence clearinghouse of multiple law enforcement agencies managed by the San Antonio Police Department.
—Melissa Manno, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Clearinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clearinghouse. Accessed 15 Nov. 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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