Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clearing house

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: clear-ing -house
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A hub of collection, maintenance, and distribution of goods, information etc.

noun

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

Example Sentences

"The Railway Clearing House, which was established 120 years ago, was disbanded on March 31. [see "Further reading" for the Wikipedia article.]"
"The mixed load is likely to have come from Rotterdam, one of Europe's key clearing houses for drugs"

Inflected Forms

clearing houses (plural)

Phrases

automated clearing house

Frequently Paired Words

inclearing outclearing

Questions

What does clearing house mean?: A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.

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