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counting house

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count·ing·house also count·ing house  (kountng-hous)
n.
A building, room, or office in which a business firm carries on operations such as accounting and correspondence.
counting house
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) Rare chiefly Brit a room or building used by the accountants of a business
Translations
counting house
n (old) → Kontor nt


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He went straight from the cowhouse to the counting house, and after a little conversation with the bailiff and Semyon the contractor, he went back to the house and straight upstairs to the drawing room.
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If your trade is with the Celestial Empire, then some small counting house on the coast, in some Salem harbor, will be fixture enough.
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Put a double-barrelled pistol to his mouth, in his own counting house,' said Mr.
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