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ˈin-ˌclearing
[in adv. 11 c.]
The cheques, bills of exchange, etc., collectively, payable by a bank, and received through the Clearing-house for settlement; also attrib. as in in-clearing book (short ˈin-book) the entry book of these claims. Hence ˈin-clearer, the representative of a bank in the Clearing-house who receives the in-clearing; also called in-clerk.
[1827J. W. Gilbart Treat. on Banking (1849) II. 442 The drafts which are drawn upon the house, and which have come in from the clearing..are called the ‘clearing in’.] 1872E. Seyd Lond. Banking 48 The..Banker..receives..25 batches of Cheques, all drawn upon his Bank..he..must enter them to his debit, into his ‘in’ or ‘paid’ clearing book. 1878Jevons Money & Mech. Exchange (ed. 4) 278 Messengers..walking round the desks..receiving [the parcels] of ‘in clearing’ or as they are called in New York, the..Debit Exchanges. 1882Gilbart's Hist., etc. of Banking (ed. Michie) II. 325 The In-Clearing Book of each clerk ought to agree..with the portions relating to him of the Out-Clearing Books of the other twenty six Clerks. 1884Howarth Clearing System iv. 53 The ‘in-clerk’ is also at his post..and finds awaiting him several charges, which he enters on, as a continuation of the morning work. Ibid. iv. 54 Between half-past three and four..the in-clearers with lightning-like rapidity run the items in their in-books and cast them up. |