countinghouse

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

The Mutual Assurance Society archives reveal many instances of a store, countinghouse, office or shop located in a wing or attached building; likewise warehouses on the premises as well as along the water front.

The king was in his countinghouse, Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey.

Humbled by misery, he presented himself at the countinghouse of the wronged.

Coupons and drawn bonds are payable in sterling at the countinghouse of the issuing firm.