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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTING HOUSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTING HOUSE

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Counting house is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUNTING HOUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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 Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta, in A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, David Copperfield and American Notes by Charles Dickens, and Deadeye Dick, by Kurt Vonnegut. Counting House is also the name given to early businesses which safely stored public and private money and loaned money. The royal Counting House in the time of Henry VIII of England is described in the Eltham Ordinance of 1526 and could be constructed wherever the king was. A green cloth was to be laid daily over a table or board, and at this at least one clerk of the green cloth and the clerks' comptroller were to sit for at least one hour every morning from 8am.

Definition of counting house in the English dictionary

The definition of counting house in the dictionary is a room or building used by the accountants of a business.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTING HOUSE

counterweighted
counterword
counterwork
counterworker
counterworld
countess
countian
counties
counties palatine
counting
countless
countlessly
countline
countries
countrified
country
country and western
country blues
country bumpkin
country club

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTING HOUSE

beach house
clubhouse
courthouse
detached house
farmhouse
greenhouse
guesthouse
house
house-to-house
in-house
lady of the house
lighthouse
mouse
on the house
open house
opera house
penthouse
powerhouse
steakhouse
warehouse
Winehouse

Synonyms and antonyms of counting house in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «counting house» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTING HOUSE

Find out the translation of counting house to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of counting house from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «counting house» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

计数的房子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

casa de cuenta
570 millions of speakers

English

counting house
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घर की गिनती
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

عد منزل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

считая дом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

casa de contagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গণনা বাড়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

compter maison
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumah pengiraan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kontor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

家を数える
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

집 계산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

House counting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đếm nhà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீட்டை எண்ணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोजणी घर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sayım evi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contando casa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

licząc dom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вважаючи будинок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

numărare casă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετρώντας το σπίτι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tel huis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

räknar huset
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Counting House
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of counting house

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTING HOUSE»

The term «counting house» is regularly used and occupies the 74.089 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTING HOUSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about counting house

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTING HOUSE»

Discover the use of counting house in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to counting house and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Anno's counting house
One by one, ten children move from their old house into their new house with all their possessions. Die-cut windows reveal the interiors of the houses and the book can also be read from back to front.
Mitsumasa Anno, 1982
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The counting house
Issues of caste, slavery, racism, and the immigrant experience in the early 19th century are addressed in this novel.
David Dabydeen, 2005
3
Meeting House and Counting House: The Quaker Merchants of ...
The Quaker Merchants of Colonial Philadelphia 1682-1763.Dr. Tolles makes abundant use of primary sources in documenting the economic, social, and intellectual life of the Quakers between 1682 and 1763, and he has drawn a thoroughly ...
Frederick Barnes Tolles, 1963
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The Counting House
Poetry. Akin to a bookkeeper's accounting of what's given and taken in a fraught, uncertain exchange, THE COUNTING HOUSE goes on to record the pageantry and pedantry of courtly affection gone awry.
Sandra Ridley, 2013
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The King Was in His Counting House
Shimmering just beyond the horizon is the land of Branlon, the country of minor poets, a refuge from the treachery and danger of politics and power. A satirical romance in the best Cabell manner.
James Branch Cabell, 2003
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Commercial and Counting-House Arithmetic
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Dr. Richard Nelson, M.D., 2012
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Beeton's Counting House Book
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Samuel Orchart Beeton, 2012
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The Counting House
They were standing near the mine workings and from there they gazed down towards the Counting House, down upon a valley shrouded by dense fog. But this was no ordinary fog. It was thick and sinister and radiated a physical presence, ...
David Armstrong, 2002
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The Counting-House Guide to the Higher Branches of ...
The style of these letters is simple, clear, concise, and correct,—saying much in a little compass: the author is evidently a man of business, and his book may be regarded as an intermediate step between the school and .the counting-house, ...
William TATE (the Elder.), 1849
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The young clerk's manual; or, Counting-house assistant
Balancing the Ledger. — Booth's and Jones's Systems of Book-keeping. Regularity, punctuality, and precision — neatness, propriety, and decorum of person, habit, and conduct — are amongst the essentials of youth, in a Counting House, ...
Young clerk, 1846

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTING HOUSE»

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Active Stock's News Report: Verizon Communications, (NYSE:VZ …
More than 45 compelling lifestyle series will be accessible for streaming on the mobile first video offering counting House Hunters, (HGTV), ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
2
Beautiful And Funny Women Talk About Claims That Women Can't …
Scarlett Belle's Scarlet Letters is at the Edinburgh Festival Free Fringe from the 15th-21st August at the Counting House from 8.15pm. That Pair. «Marie Claire.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Old meets new as TV's DIY Network offers rehab series about …
Other projects in the mix: a counting house turned into a workshop and “man cave,” a bedroom turned into a family space, an ice house turned ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
4
Active Movers to Watch: Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ …
More than 45 compelling lifestyle series will be accessible for streaming on the mobile first video offering counting House Hunters, (HGTV), ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
5
Everton FC pre-season: All you need to know about the Blues …
The Nether Inn outside the station exit is a good place to start, followed by The Old Bank Bar, and The Counting House just off of The Howff ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
6
The Founding Fathers Were (Mostly) All Entrepreneurs
Another orphan, Robert Morris of Pennsylvania, apprenticed in a "counting house" and eventually went into business with a friend, Thomas ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
A 19th-Century Find Amid London Office Towers
... a 19th-century building of warm red brick with a splendid gold and black bracket clock outside, was once the office and counting house of an ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Morning Alert: Verizon Communications, (NYSE:VZ), Yamana Gold …
More than 45 compelling lifestyle series will be accessible for streaming on the mobile first video offering counting House Hunters, (HGTV), ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
9
Pre-Market News Alert on: Verizon Communications, (NYSE:VZ …
More than 45 compelling lifestyle series will be accessible for streaming on the mobile first video offering counting House Hunters, (HGTV), ... «wsnewspublishers, Jun 15»
10
Thursday in Edinburgh – What's On Today
7pm, The Counting House, West Nicolson Street. No booking required, just drop in: all Ragged University events are free. The Ragged Project ... «The Edinburgh Reporter, Jun 15»

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