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clearinghouse definition

clearing·house (-ho̵us′)

noun

  1. an office maintained by a group of banks as a center for exchanging checks drawn against one another, balancing accounts, etc.
  2. a central office, as for the collection and dissemination of information

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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