countinghouse

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

countinghouse
    n 1: office used by the accountants of a business

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Countinghouse \Count"ing*house`\ (kount"?ng-hous`), Countingroom
\Count"ing*room`\ (kount"?ng-r??m`), n. [See {Count}, v.]
   The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or
   manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business; the
   offices used by the accountants of a business.
   [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "countinghouse":
      boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative,
      country store, department store, dime store, discount house,
      discount store, emporium, establishment, five-and-ten,
      general store, house, magasin, mail-order house, market, mart,
      post, retail store, salon, shop, store, supermarket, trading post,
      variety shop, variety store, warehouse, wareroom,
      wholesale house

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