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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Those monies would not be subject to the CSC’s NIL Go clearinghouse.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Under the bill, a different class of companies, known as surplus lines insurers, would be allowed to take out certain policies using the type of clearinghouse proposed by Ryan Specialty.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Minneapolis Spring acts as a clearinghouse for the city’s anti-ICE resistance, alongside the Minnesota ICE Watch Instagram account.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 4 Feb. 2026
Their impatience for Wikipedia’s impenetrable walls of text, as any parent of kids of this age knows, arguably threatens the future of the internet’s collaborative knowledge clearinghouse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Under the bill, a different class of companies, known as surplus lines insurers, would be allowed to take out certain policies using the type of clearinghouse proposed by Ryan Specialty.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Minneapolis Spring acts as a clearinghouse for the city’s anti-ICE resistance, alongside the Minnesota ICE Watch Instagram account.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 4 Feb. 2026
Their impatience for Wikipedia’s impenetrable walls of text, as any parent of kids of this age knows, arguably threatens the future of the internet’s collaborative knowledge clearinghouse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Clearinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clearinghouse. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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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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