clearinghouse

 [kleer-ing-hous]   Origin

clear·ing·house

   [kleer-ing-hous]
noun, plural clear·ing·hous·es  [-hou-ziz] .
1.
a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
2.
a central institution or agency for the collection, maintenance, and distribution of materials, information, etc.
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Origin:
1825–35
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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clearinghouse
1832, from clearing + house. The original was established 1775 in London by the bankers for the adjustment of their mutual claims for checks and bills; later the word was extended to similar institutions.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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