Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An office where banks exchange checks and drafts and settle accounts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place or institution where the settlement of mutual claims, especially of banks, is effected by the payment of differences called
balances .
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Examples
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In some ways my blog is a clearing-house for my thoughts.
Global Voices in English » Talking to Jamaican writer and blogger Marlon James 2009
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Despite Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's promise to resign, yields on Italy's €1.6 trillion $2.2 trillion of debt have rocketed on a poisonous mix of political risk, inadequate euro-zone responses and higher clearing-house margin requirements.
Italy's Battle For Market Access Richard Barley 2011
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The Indian government decision to shut off the ACU as a clearing-house for oil trades is only one part of a bigger effort.
Killing Iran's Energy Industry Mark Dubowitz 2011
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This is a disgrace for a periodical which used to function as an intellectual clearing-house for conservative/free market thought.
Juan Hernandez Reassures Evangelical Hispanics that McCain Still Wants Amnesty 2008
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Higher margins — deposits that clearing-house members put down and that can be used to fulfill their obligations if they fail to — would make it more expensive to trade Irish government bonds cleared via LCH.Clearnet.
Clearnet Move Pressures Irish Bonds Mark Brown 2010
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This is a disgrace for a periodical which used to function as an intellectual clearing-house for conservative/free market thought.
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Higher margins — deposits that clearing-house members put down and that can be used to fulfill their obligations if they fail to — would make it more expensive to trade Irish government bonds cleared via LCH.Clearnet.
Irish Bonds Struggle As LCH.Clearnet Increases Margin Mark Brown 2010
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This is a disgrace for a periodical which used to function as an intellectual clearing-house for conservative/free market thought.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » To the WSJ, White Americans Don’t Count 2008
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(Via Andrew, whose blog has been a great clearing-house for Persian affairs today.)
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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In every large city, gay people find a way to find each other - but Dubai has become the clearing-house for the region's gay people, a place where they can live in relative safety.
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