clearing agent — ˈclearing ˌagent noun [countable] FINANCE another name for a clearing house * * * clearing agent UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE a person or company that is used for getting goods officially from one country to another: »Our clearing agents will deal… … Financial and business terms
clearing agent — noun : any substance used to clear a specimen or preparation for microscopic examination … Useful english dictionary
clearing house — An adjunct to a futures exchange through which transactions executed on its floor where trades are settled by a process of matching purchases and sales. A clearing organization is also charged with the proper conduct of delivery procedures and… … Financial and business terms
clearing — n. (in microscopy) the process of removing the cloudiness from microscopical specimens after dehydration by means of a clearing agent. This increases the transparency of the specimens. Xylene, cedar oil, methyl benzoate plus benzol, and methyl… … Medical dictionary
clearing — n. (in microscopy) the process of removing the cloudiness from microscopical specimens after dehydration by means of a clearing agent. This increases the transparency of the specimens. Xylene, cedar oil, methyl benzoate plus benzol, and methyl… … The new mediacal dictionary
clearing — The procedure through which CME Clearing becomes the buyer to each seller of a futures contract, and the seller to each buyer, and assumes responsibility for protecting buyers and sellers from financial loss by ensuring buyer and seller… … Financial and business terms
Clearing House Interbank Payments System — The Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) is the main privately held clearing house for large value transactions in the United States, settling well over US$1 trillion a day in around 250,000 interbank payments. Together with the… … Wikipedia
agent — A party appointed to act on behalf of a principal entity or person. In context of project financing, refers to the bank in charge of administering the project financing. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary For the purpose of the Agent Service, an… … Financial and business terms
payment settlement agent — An agent that executes the cash transfer upon the request of either an agreement party, or a clearing agent. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary … Financial and business terms
payment settlement agent — An agent that executes the cash transfer upon the request of either an agreement party, or a clearing agent … Euroclear glossary