Countinghouse

Quick meaning: Countinghouse is a noun meaning (dated) An office used by a business to house its accounts department.

Meaning

(dated) An office used by a business to house its accounts department.

Example Sentences

[…]they made the journey in a cart, wearing workaday clothes, three of them: Roman, the bailiff, and a countinghouse clerk.

Word Forms

• countinghouses

Synonyms for countinghouse

Depending on context, synonyms include compting-house.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include counting-house, compting house, office, office-house, stationhouse, clockhouse.

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