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Clearing House An agency or corporation on an exchange that settles transactions for a fee. Most exchanges have one ore more clearing houses that are charged with matching orders together, ensuring that delivery is made to the correct party, and collecting margin money. Because so many trades take place on an exchange in a given day, clearing houses exist to process what each party owes or is owed in a central location so that the fewest securities actually change hands. For example, suppose that a broker-dealer buys 1,000 shares of a security, and then, in a completely separate transaction, sells 700 of the same shares. At the end of the trading day, the clearing house would determine that the broker-dealer must only buy 300 shares as the other 700 belong to another party. Clearing houses receive a clearing fee in exchange for these services. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He covers the final days of the fight as an embed with 1st Pltn, and gets right up in combat with them; his descriptions of the Marines clearing houses, fighting the heavily doped-up insurgents, as well as the physical, mental, and emotional toll it takes on the Marines are amongst the most descriptive and heart-breaking accounts to come back from the Iraqi front. Last week, companies that used Refco's clearing capabilities at the Chicago Board of Trade started to move business to other clearing houses. Ryba fell while clearing houses with his platoon commander in Fallujah during Operation AI Fajr Nov 8, 2004 The 24-year-old radio operator from Sheppard, Texas, was back with his unit clearing the streets of Fallujah within 12 hours after the fall. |
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