English Dictionary

clearing house

名詞

広義 比喩的用法

A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc. / (figuratively, by extension) A hub of goods traffic

日本語の意味

決済センター、清算機関：銀行やその他の金融機関が、小切手交換や口座決済などを行う中央の拠点。 / 比喩的に、商品の取引や流通の拠点となる場所。

The trader routed the batch of checks through the clearing house to ensure all participating banks' accounts were accurately settled by noon.

担当トレーダーは、参加する各銀行の口座が正午までに正確に清算されるよう、チェックの束を中央の清算所に回した。

意味（1）

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

The Railway Clearing House, which was established 120 years ago, was disbanded on March 31. [see Further reading for the Wikipedia article.]

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension) A hub of goods traffic

The mixed load is likely to have come from Rotterdam, one of Europe's key clearing houses for drugs

意味（3）

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

clearing houses （ plural ）