Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CLEARING
  
  Is the process of financial guarantee between clearing members. This activity intends to eliminate the risk of contractual or transactional default. For example, two clients execute a trade through two different clearing member firms. The clients are solvent but at the end of the day one of the clearing members is not. This transaction through a clearinghouse would preserve the integrity of the trade.
  
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