counting-housen.

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

a. A building or apartment appropriated to the keeping of accounts; a private chamber, closet, or cabinet appropriated to business and correspondence; an office. Now only as in c.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > counting house

counterc1386

counting-housec1440

cash-house1633

accounting house1705

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 99 Cowntinge hows, computoria.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. ii. sig. Cc.iij^v/2 These kinde of fellowes..keepe themselues cloase in secreate counting houses, their baggs are their pillowes whereon they sleepe.

1587 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 157 In the lyttell cownting howsse within the great chamber.

1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles (1789) 97 Closets and compting-houses often told our ancestors their duty.

1893 N.E.D. at Counting-house Nursery Rime The king was in his counting-house, Counting out his money.

†b. The office of account of the royal household. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > office or department of

counting-housea1483

accountantship1668

tellership1764

accounts department1829

cost centre1921

account1960

a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 83 He indenteth with the Thesaurer of the household in the countinghouse for all the basyns, ewears, cuppes, etc.

1539 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 228 The Lord Great Master, the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Kings Household..shall be dayly in the Compting-house between the hours of 8 and 9 in the morning.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Counting-House of the Kings Houshold..Commonly called the Green Cloth..where sit the Lord Steward..the Comptroller..for daily taking the Accompts of all Expenses of the Houshold.

c. spec. A building, room, or office in a commercial establishment, in which the book-keeping, correspondence, etc., are carried on; also attributive. (Now largely superseded in everyday use by office.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > office > [noun]

counterc1386

officec1405

counting-house?1608

kutcheri1610

bureau1702

counting-room1712

dufter1791

cabin1979

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xxxix. 149 To heare..a merchant talking in his counting-house.

1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 16 The counting-houses of the fish-brokers.

1777 E. Burke Let. to Sheriffs Bristol 18 The merchant who sits in his compting-house.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 134 There were those who still remembered him an apprentice, sweeping one of the counting houses of the City.

attributive.1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism x. 75 A year or two of countinghouse work disgusted James Perry with invoices and ledgers.

†d. An office of finance, a comptoir n. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1735 G. Berkeley Querist §234 To appoint four counting-houses, one in each province, for converting notes into specie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	counting-house
释义	counting-housen. Etymology: < count v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounting-house. a. A building or apartment appropriated to the keeping of accounts; a private chamber, closet, or cabinet appropriated to business and correspondence; an office. Now only as in c. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > counting house counterc1386 counting-housec1440 cash-house1633 accounting house1705 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 99 Cowntinge hows, computoria. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. ii. sig. Cc.iij^v/2 These kinde of fellowes..keepe themselues cloase in secreate counting houses, their baggs are their pillowes whereon they sleepe. 1587 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 157 In the lyttell cownting howsse within the great chamber. 1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles (1789) 97 Closets and compting-houses often told our ancestors their duty. 1893 N.E.D. at Counting-house Nursery Rime The king was in his counting-house, Counting out his money. †b. The office of account of the royal household. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > office or department of counting-housea1483 accountantship1668 tellership1764 accounts department1829 cost centre1921 account1960 a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 83 He indenteth with the Thesaurer of the household in the countinghouse for all the basyns, ewears, cuppes, etc. 1539 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 228 The Lord Great Master, the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Kings Household..shall be dayly in the Compting-house between the hours of 8 and 9 in the morning. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Counting-House of the Kings Houshold..Commonly called the Green Cloth..where sit the Lord Steward..the Comptroller..for daily taking the Accompts of all Expenses of the Houshold. c. spec. A building, room, or office in a commercial establishment, in which the book-keeping, correspondence, etc., are carried on; also attributive. (Now largely superseded in everyday use by office.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > office > [noun] counterc1386 officec1405 counting-house?1608 kutcheri1610 bureau1702 counting-room1712 dufter1791 cabin1979 ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xxxix. 149 To heare..a merchant talking in his counting-house. 1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 16 The counting-houses of the fish-brokers. 1777 E. Burke Let. to Sheriffs Bristol 18 The merchant who sits in his compting-house. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 134 There were those who still remembered him an apprentice, sweeping one of the counting houses of the City. attributive.1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism x. 75 A year or two of countinghouse work disgusted James Perry with invoices and ledgers. †d. An office of finance, a comptoir n. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1735 G. Berkeley Querist §234 To appoint four counting-houses, one in each province, for converting notes into specie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1440
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