= prec. c. (Chiefly in U.S.)
1712. Arbuthnot, John Bull (1755), 52. If they ventured into the counting-room, a fellow would throw an ink-bottle at their head.
1838. Emerson, Nat., Lit. Ethics, Wks. (Bohn), II. 218. In the counting-room, the merchant cares little whether the cargo be hides or barilla.
1883. Harriet Prescott Spofford, in Harper’s Mag., March, 580/1. He staid in his counting-room.
