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• clear|ing|house — clearing house, or clear|ing|house «KLIHR IHNG|HOWS», noun. 1. a place where banks exchange checks and bills and settle their accounts. Only the balances are paid in cash. 2. any institution of a similar nature in which claims or differences are… …   Useful english dictionary

• clearing-house — clear·ing house or clear·ing·house (klîrʹĭng hous ) n. An office where banks exchange checks and drafts and settle accounts. * * * …   Universalium

• London Bankers' Clearing House — London Bank|ers Clear|ing House, the in the UK, an organization owned by the large banks which deals with all the payments made every day using cheques, ↑switch etc, in order to find out how much each bank owes other banks …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Clearing house — Clearing Clear ing, n. 1. The act or process of making clear. [1913 Webster] The better clearing of this point. South. [1913 Webster] 2. A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation. [1913 Webster] A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie Lake …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dis|house — «dihs HOWZ», transitive verb, housed, hous|ing. 1. to evict from a house. 2. to clear (ground) of houses …   Useful english dictionary

• clearinghouse — clear′ing•house or clear′ing house n. pl. hous•es [[t] ˌhaʊ zɪz[/t]] 1) bus a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks 2) a central agency for the collection and distribution of materials, information,… …   From formal English to slang

• clearinghouse — clear|ing|house [ klırıŋ,haus ] noun count 1. ) an organization that collects and provides information on a particular subject 2. ) a central office that carries out the business that banks do with one another …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• clearinghouse — clear·ing·house / klir iŋ ˌhau̇s/ n: an institution that arranges for payment of checks owed by one bank to another Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. clearinghouse …   Law dictionary

• Clearing — Clear ing, n. 1. The act or process of making clear. [1913 Webster] The better clearing of this point. South. [1913 Webster] 2. A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation. [1913 Webster] A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie Lake. J.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Anthroposophy — Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development. More specifically, it aims to develop… …   Wikipedia