A clearing house (also spelled clearing-house or clearinghouse) is an institution that collects and distributes information. There are several domains in which they are used, and specific clearing houses of note:
A clearing house is a financial services company that provides clearing and settlement services for financial transactions usually on a Futures exchange Clearing House is an obscure working group in the European Union established after the September 11 2001 attacks. Practice management software (PMS is a category of software that deals with the day-to-day operations of a medical practice The British Railway Clearing House (RCH was an organisation set up to manage the allocation of revenue collected by numerous pre-grouping railway companies A computer reservations system ( CRS) is a Computerized system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to Air travel. An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution Publishers Clearing House (or PCH) is a multi-channel direct marketing company, that offers discounted Magazine subscriptions and household merchandise The Biosafety Clearing-House is an international mechanism that exchanges information about the movement of Genetically modified organisms established under the Cartagena
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