countinghouse
Merchant's accounting room
A countinghouse is a building or room where a business keeps its financial records and conducts accounting.
The term is old-fashioned, evoking clerks on high stools with ledgers and quill pens: Scrooge sat busy in his countinghouse.
Also spelled counting house or counting-house.
Financial record book
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- merchantOne who sells wares
- bookkeeperFinancial records maintainer
- accountsRecords of transactions
coins · strongbox · quill · inkwell · debts · creditors · bills · receipts
Miserly, cold-hearted person
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
- VictorianOf a prim era
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
- BobCommon male nickname
Marley · candle · coal · shilling · farthing · penny · goose · ghost
Professional mutual-aid society
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- factorContributor to result
- exchequerGovernment financial reserves
usury · promissory · bond · banking · exchange · colonial · East India Company · spice trade
ledger
Financial record book
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- merchantOne who sells wares
- bookkeeperFinancial records maintainer
accounts · coins · strongbox · quill · inkwell · debts · creditors · bills · receipts · tallies
Scrooge
Miserly, cold-hearted person
Marley · Bob · candle · coal · shilling · farthing · penny · goose · ghost · fog
guild
Professional mutual-aid society
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- factorContributor to result
exchequer · usury · promissory · bond · banking · exchange · colonial · East India Company · spice trade · shipping
office
Professional work location
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
shutters · windows · bench · fireplace · gas lamp · brick · timber · cellar · adjoining · partitioned
countinghousebank vault
Secure room for valuables
treasury · mint · strongroom · cash register · till