compting-house

Noun

compting-house (plural compting-houses)

1. A countinghouse.
   • A trifling thing occurred now which occasioned Mary some uneasiness. Her maid, a well-looking girl, had captivated the clerk of a neighbouring compting-house. As the match was an advantageous one, Mary could not raise any objection to it, though at this juncture it was very disagreeable to her to...1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction
   • he read through the first chapter of the book of Job, and wept over it bitterly; in short, he seemed a true penitent in every thing, but in charity to his neighbour. No business was that day done in his compting-housea. 1746 (date written), Jonathan Swift, “(please specify the title)”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume (please specify...