clearing house
See also: clearinghouse
English
Noun
clearing house (plural clearing houses)
- A central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts
- (figuratively, by extension) A hub of goods traffic
- 2011, Samuel West (narrator), Smugglers TV series (ep. 2), :
- The mixed load is likely to have come from Rotterdam, one of Europe's key clearing houses for drugs
- 2011, Samuel West (narrator), Smugglers TV series (ep. 2), :
- (GIS) A repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data
Translations
a central point where clearing banks exchange checks etc and settle accounts
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a repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data
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Related terms
- inclearing
- outclearing
References
- Wade, T. and Sommer, S. eds. A to Z GIS