counting house

A form of countinghouse — An office used by a business to house its accounts department.

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Meanings

nouncounting house (plural counting houses)

plural counting houses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of countinghouse.

    It had become what Peter Ackroyd calls, in London: The Biography, 'a mere counting house'. The biggest counting house in the world, mind you.

    2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 106
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APA

counting house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counting%20house

MLA

“counting house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counting%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counting house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counting%20house.

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