User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- alternative spelling of clearing house
Extensive Definition
A clearing house (also spelled clearing-house or
clearinghouse) is an institution that collects and distributes
information. There are several domains in which they are used, and
specific clearing houses of note:
- Clearing house (finance)
- Clearing House (EU), an EU intelligence body
- In practice management for medical services claims
- Railway Clearing House
- A computer reservations system for an airline
- A library is a type of information clearinghouse
- Publisher's Clearing House
- Biosafety Clearing-House