Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clearing_house

1 sense of clearing house

Sense 1
clearing house -- (a central collection place where banks exchange checks or drafts; participants maintain an account against which credits or debits are posted)
       => financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation -- (an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets)