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clearer

clearer

6.4
A person or organization that settles payments between banks
  • noun
  • /ˈklɪrər/
  • UK
translation icon : cámara de compensación
  • As a clearer for online payments, the company makes sure that all financial processes are completed smoothly.

Examples

  • The clearing house acts as a clearer, ensuring that all transactions between the banks are processed efficiently.

  • So RBC Capital, Royal Bank of Canada Capital is the USO ETF's only clearing broker.

  • Well, today I wanted to talk about exchanges and clearing houses, primarily stock exchanges.

  • He suggested that the trusts work together and pool some funds to form a clearing house so that they could bail each other out.

  • After the transaction, the clearer гарантировал the funds were safely transferred between the two parties.

Synonyms

clearinghouse
vsclearer
  • Specialized
14 4.6

A place or organization that collects and sends information and payments between groups

focuses on settling financial payments or checks between parties

How Large

clearing house
  • Specialized
1 4.9
clearer
  • UK
6.4
local agency
6 3.0
counterparty
  • Specialized
5 6.6

Surface Forms

clearer singular
clearers plural

Morphology

clearer = clear (semi-transparent) = clear + er

Morphologically regular (verb 'clear' + '-er'), but the specific financial sense is domain-specific and may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

The financial use of clearer comes from the verb clear, which also came to mean 'to make a debt or payment free and finished'. So a financial clearer is a person or group that makes payments final and moves money smoothly between banks or companies.