a room or building used by the accountants of a business
counting house in American English
noun
a building or office used by the accounting and bookkeeping department of a business
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: mature, oblique, partition, structure, trunk
Examples of 'counting house' in a sentence
counting house
For him, the editorial office was not a counting house, but a mixture of an artist's studio and a pulpit.