counting house

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /kaʊnt noun, adjective haʊs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /kaʊnt noun, adjective haʊs/

Definitions of counting house words

noun counting house a room or building used by the accountants of a business 3
noun counting house a building or office used by the accounting and bookkeeping department of a business. 1

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Origin of counting house

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50

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Parts of speech for Counting house

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Counting house

counting house popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

counting house usage trend in Literature

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