Counting house

A counting house, or compting house, literally is the building, room, office or suite in which a business firm carries on operations, particularly accounting. By a synecdoche, it has come to mean the accounting operations of a firm, however housed. The term is British in origin and is primarily used in the context of the 19th century or earlier periods.

The term occurs in the well-known English nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence. It also appears in A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens and Deadeye Dick, by Kurt Vonnegut.

This business term article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Business terms Accounting systems Business term stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу Geography of West Bengal List of characters in Sin City Look at other dictionaries: counting-house — ˈcounting ˌhouse noun [countable] informal ACCOUNTING the part of a large organization that is responsible for looking after money; = finance department AmE …   Financial and business terms counting house — UK US noun [C] ► in the past, the office or building in which a person s or an organization s accounts or money were kept …   Financial and business terms counting house — n an office where accounts and money were kept in the past …   Dictionary of contemporary English counting house — a building or office used by the accounting and bookkeeping department of a business. [1400 50; late ME] * * * counting house or counting room noun Formerly, a room in which a merchant, etc kept his accounts and transacted business • • • Main… …   Useful english dictionary counting house — UK [ˈkaʊntɪŋ ˌhaʊs] / US noun [countable] Word forms counting house : singular counting house plural counting houses a place where money and accounts were kept in the past …   English dictionary counting house — count|ing house [ kauntıŋ ,haus ] noun count a place where money and accounts were kept in the past …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English counting house — count′ing house n. bus a building or office where the financial records of a business are maintained • Etymology: 1400–50 …   From formal English to slang counting house — a building or office used by the accounting and bookkeeping department of a business. [1400 50; late ME] * * * …   Universalium counting house — building or office which a business or firm uses as its accounting and bookkeeping department …   English contemporary dictionary counting house — noun historical a place where the accounts and money of a person or company were kept …   English new terms dictionary 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”