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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUNTINGHOUSE; COUNTINGROOM

COUNTINGHOUSE; COUNTINGROOM Count "ing *house ` (kount "ng-hous `), Count "ing *room ` (kount "ng-rm `), n.Etym: [See Count, v. ]

 

Defn: The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

countinghouse

count ing house |ˈkountiNGˌhous ˈkaʊntɪŋhaʊs | ▶noun historical an office or building in which the accounts and money of a person or company were kept.