countinghouse
/ˈkaʊntɪŋˌhaʊs/
noun
- A building, room, or office where a company's financial records are kept and money is counted.
- Before computers, every trading company had a countinghouse where ledgers were updated by hand.
- The clerks worked late into the night in the countinghouse, tallying the day's sales.
- The old countinghouse on the wharf has been converted into a museum of maritime commerce.