countingn.

Forms: Also compting.

Etymology: < count v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounting.

1. The action of count v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > action of calculating or counting

accountc1300

numberingc1325

telling1340

calculingc1374

countingc1380

accountinga1387

summinga1387

calculation1393

count?a1400

computationc1425

reckoningc1425

numeration?a1475

supputation?a1475

compute1531

calcule1601

summing up1607

computing1629

subduction1656

enumerating1864

headcount1913

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > setting forth of plaintiff's case

declaration1483

counting1686

demonstration1854

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 65 Ȝif þei ȝeuen benefis to clerkis fore here wordly seruyces..as for kechene clerkis and countyngge or daunsynge.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) vii. 77 After cowntynge of x. monethes of the ȝeer.

1686 London Gaz. 2132/4 The new Serjeants having..performed in the Inner Temple Hall..the Ceremony of Counting, and had their Quoifs put on by the Judges.

1833 Ann. Reg. 34 If no counting out of the House took place, the House might resume at 5.

1862 G. A. Sala Ship-chandler ii. 22 He's bullied me about my compting.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxv. 488 The election frauds..ballot-stuffing, obstruction of the polls, and fraudulent countings in.

†2. A ‘company’ (of preachers). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] > collectively

counting1486

pulpit1570

1486 Bk. St. Albans F vi b A countyng of prechouris.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

counting-art n.

ΚΠ

a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 466 in Wks. (1640) III They learne..How to divide into a hundred parts, A pound..by their long counting Arts.

† counting-board n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > counter

chequer1178

counterc1369

counting-boardc1440

counting-tablec1440

Flanders counter1534

accounting table1649

table counter1667

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 98/2 Cowntynge borde, or table, tapecea, tapecela.

counting-machine n.

ΚΠ

1889 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 11 Jan. 6/1 I have been in four or five of the largest banks in Russia..The Chinese counting machine..is everywhere.

counting-place n.

ΚΠ

1483 Cath. Angl. 79 A Cowntynge place, libratorium.

C2. Also counting-house n., counting-room n.

† counting-book n. Obsolete an account-book.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book

book of account1444

accounts book1461

counting-book15..

accounting booka1555

account book1590

count-book1607

codicila1704

viewbook1718

bill-book1774

stock book1835

account ledger1879

15.. in A. W. Pollard Eng. Miracle Plays 80 My countynge boke I wolde make so clere That my rekenynge I sholde not nede to fere.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 295 Some Prentices in the shoppe, have the trust of their Masters counting bookes.

† counting-cloth n. Obsolete a cloth for covering a counting-table.

ΚΠ

1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 170 A yerde and iij quarters grene clothe for half a counting-clothe [for Exchequer Auditors].

counting-frame n. = abacus n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > abacus

abacus1686

suan-pan1736

bead-frame1858

soroban1891

counting-frame1920

1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. I. xvi. 120/2 The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting-frames.

1937 W. H. Auden Spain 7 The diffusion Of the counting-frame and the cromlech.

counting-rate n. = count-rate n. at count n.¹ Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > measurement of ionizing radiation > [noun] > instrument for counting or recording > rate of

counting-rate1956

count-rate1956

1956 Nature 3 Mar. 412/2 A sea-level meson recorder..showed a 100 per cent increase in counting-rate.

1961 Lancet 12 Aug. 345/1 To get the highest counting-rate from the beta radiation.

1970 Nature 25 July 375/2 The net National Bureau of Standards oxalic acid and background counting rate at this pressure are respectively 3·8 and 0·6 c.p.m.

† counting-table n. Obsolete (a) a table on which money is counted out, a counter; (b) an abacus; an arithmetical table.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > counter

chequer1178

counterc1369

counting-boardc1440

counting-tablec1440

Flanders counter1534

accounting table1649

table counter1667

c1440Counting-table [see counting-board n. at Compounds 1].

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong La Table ou comptoir des changeurs, banquiers ou Argentiers, the marchauntes counting table.

1616–61 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 298 Nor love I him that counts the counting-table Of deep arithmeticians but a fable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	counting
释义	countingn. Forms: Also compting. Etymology: < count v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounting. 1. The action of count v. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > action of calculating or counting accountc1300 numberingc1325 telling1340 calculingc1374 countingc1380 accountinga1387 summinga1387 calculation1393 count?a1400 computationc1425 reckoningc1425 numeration?a1475 supputation?a1475 compute1531 calcule1601 summing up1607 computing1629 subduction1656 enumerating1864 headcount1913 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > setting forth of plaintiff's case declaration1483 counting1686 demonstration1854 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 65 Ȝif þei ȝeuen benefis to clerkis fore here wordly seruyces..as for kechene clerkis and countyngge or daunsynge. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) vii. 77 After cowntynge of x. monethes of the ȝeer. 1686 London Gaz. 2132/4 The new Serjeants having..performed in the Inner Temple Hall..the Ceremony of Counting, and had their Quoifs put on by the Judges. 1833 Ann. Reg. 34 If no counting out of the House took place, the House might resume at 5. 1862 G. A. Sala Ship-chandler ii. 22 He's bullied me about my compting. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxv. 488 The election frauds..ballot-stuffing, obstruction of the polls, and fraudulent countings in. †2. A ‘company’ (of preachers). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] > collectively counting1486 pulpit1570 1486 Bk. St. Albans F vi b A countyng of prechouris. Compounds C1. General attributive. counting-art n. ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 466 in Wks. (1640) III They learne..How to divide into a hundred parts, A pound..by their long counting Arts. † counting-board n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > counter chequer1178 counterc1369 counting-boardc1440 counting-tablec1440 Flanders counter1534 accounting table1649 table counter1667 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 98/2 Cowntynge borde, or table, tapecea, tapecela. counting-machine n. ΚΠ 1889 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 11 Jan. 6/1 I have been in four or five of the largest banks in Russia..The Chinese counting machine..is everywhere. counting-place n. ΚΠ 1483 Cath. Angl. 79 A Cowntynge place, libratorium. C2. Also counting-house n., counting-room n. † counting-book n. Obsolete an account-book. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book book of account1444 accounts book1461 counting-book15.. accounting booka1555 account book1590 count-book1607 codicila1704 viewbook1718 bill-book1774 stock book1835 account ledger1879 15.. in A. W. Pollard Eng. Miracle Plays 80 My countynge boke I wolde make so clere That my rekenynge I sholde not nede to fere. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 295 Some Prentices in the shoppe, have the trust of their Masters counting bookes. † counting-cloth n. Obsolete a cloth for covering a counting-table. ΚΠ 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 170 A yerde and iij quarters grene clothe for half a counting-clothe [for Exchequer Auditors]. counting-frame n. = abacus n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > abacus abacus1686 suan-pan1736 bead-frame1858 soroban1891 counting-frame1920 1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. I. xvi. 120/2 The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting-frames. 1937 W. H. Auden Spain 7 The diffusion Of the counting-frame and the cromlech. counting-rate n. = count-rate n. at count n.¹ Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > measurement of ionizing radiation > [noun] > instrument for counting or recording > rate of counting-rate1956 count-rate1956 1956 Nature 3 Mar. 412/2 A sea-level meson recorder..showed a 100 per cent increase in counting-rate. 1961 Lancet 12 Aug. 345/1 To get the highest counting-rate from the beta radiation. 1970 Nature 25 July 375/2 The net National Bureau of Standards oxalic acid and background counting rate at this pressure are respectively 3·8 and 0·6 c.p.m. † counting-table n. Obsolete (a) a table on which money is counted out, a counter; (b) an abacus; an arithmetical table. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > counter chequer1178 counterc1369 counting-boardc1440 counting-tablec1440 Flanders counter1534 accounting table1649 table counter1667 c1440Counting-table [see counting-board n. at Compounds 1]. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong La Table ou comptoir des changeurs, banquiers ou Argentiers, the marchauntes counting table. 1616–61 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 298 Nor love I him that counts the counting-table Of deep arithmeticians but a fable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380
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