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countinghouse

NOUN
bank
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fund stock store treasury
STRONG
coffer depository exchequer hoard repository reserve reservoir safe savings stockpile storehouse thrift vault
WEAK
credit union investment firm trust company

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Lazy, fantastic Clergyman Fortune leaves St. Fabien parish, whither he has come from a London countinghouse, and journeys to Fanua, an island whose Christian population is even smaller than that of his first missionary situation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its dingy, fourth-floor Manhattan offices resemble a countinghouse out of Charles Dickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

But many a Yankee countinghouse was foreclosed, many a proud harpooner sent back to the plow.

From Time Magazine Archive

The surprising success of TV Guide has sent shock waves of concern through many a publisher's countinghouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

My courage failed me at the sight of a countinghouse or shop crowded with men, bartering and contending loudly with one another.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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