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COUNTINGHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does countinghouse mean? 

COUNTINGHOUSE (noun)
  The noun COUNTINGHOUSE has 1 sense:

1. office used by the accountants of a businessplay

  Familiarity information: COUNTINGHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COUNTINGHOUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Office used by the accountants of a business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("countinghouse" is a kind of...):

business office; office (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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