counting house
noun[C]
ukusin the past, theofficeorbuildingin which a person's or an organization'saccountsormoneywerekept
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counting house
The two men then transferred their victim to hiscountinghouse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These signals are collected in a surfacecountinghouse, and some of them are sent north via satellite for further analysis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was also referred to as thecountinghouse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By 1835 the site had grown to include workers cottages, casting houses, blacksmiths and carpenters sheds, acountinghouse, offices, a beerhouse, and many other ancillary buildings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is committed and dedicated to providing a good life for his wife and children and works hard at acountinghouseas banker to do so.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The house had two storeys and was built in the hall house style; the room at the eastern end of the upper storey may have been the merchant'scountinghouse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was a four-storey mill measuring 8.5m ft by convert, with an attached staircase,countinghouseand warehouse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The 18,000 sq. m of modern office suites will be in the former drawing offices on the first floor and the formercountinghouseon the ground floor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There were also the separate administrative posts in thecountinghouse.
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The pioneering spirit was to be found in thecountinghouseas well as the meeting house.
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