Phrase Hound found 56 phrases and 11 compound words that contain counting. The most common are listed below. Open counting in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 56
- card countingA strategy, in pontoon or blackjack, in which a player keeps a mental tally of the cards played in order to calculate the probability of certain cards being dealt and therefore obtain an advantage.
- counting the hourspresent participle and gerund of count the hours
- counting downpresent participle and gerund of count down
- counting rodOne of a set of small bars, used by mathematicians in some Asian countries, placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any number and any fraction.
- counting rhymeAny of the rhymes used in counting-out games.
- counting measureA positive measure which, for each subset of a given measure space, assigns a value equal to the number of points in that subset.
- reference countingThe technique of storing the number of handles, pointers, or references to a resource such as a block of memory, disk space, or an object, so that the system can determine when the resource is no longer in use.
- counting-out gameA simple children's game using a rhyme (the counting rhyme) to select a person from a group, more or less at random. The selected person then takes a particular role in another game that follows.
- counting sortA sorting algorithm that counts how many times each integer key appears in an array and then reorders the array based on those counts.
- counting of the OmerThe ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.
- counting agentAn electoral observer appointed by an election candidate to oversee the counting of ballots; typically for the purposes of ensuring all proper processes have been followed, and sometimes to gather data about the distribution of votes from …
- counting agentsplural of counting agent: An electoral observer appointed by an election candidate to oversee the counting of ballots; typically for the purposes of ensuring all proper processes have been followed, and sometimes to gather data about the …
- counting cardspresent participle and gerund of count cards
- counting frameabacus
- counting framesplural of counting frame: abacus
- counting numberA number used when counting, which is usually a positive integer, but sometimes zero.
- counting numbersplural of counting number: A number used when counting, which is usually a positive integer, but sometimes zero.
- counting offpresent participle and gerund of count off
- counting outpresent participle and gerund of count out
- counting roomSynonym of count room: A room that is designed and equipped for the purpose of counting large volumes of currency.
- counting sheeppresent participle and gerund of count sheep
- double countingAn error in accounting, probability studies, etc. whereby some object or transaction is counted more than once.
- finger-countingThe act of counting using one's fingers.
- counting rodsplural of counting rod: One of a set of small bars, used by mathematicians in some Asian countries, placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any number and any fraction.
- counting couppresent participle and gerund of count coup
Compound words 11
- beancountingThe act or policy of relying on quantitative measurable details, especially those concerned with expenses and profits, as opposed to seeking a broader understanding of something.
- photocountingThe counting of photons.
- countinghouseAn office used by a business to house its accounts department.
- discountingThe act or process by which something is discounted.
- fingercountingAlternative form of finger-counting: The act of counting using one's fingers.
- miscountingpresent participle and gerund of miscount
- outcountingpresent participle and gerund of outcount
- overcountingpresent participle and gerund of overcount
- precountingpresent participle and gerund of precount
- undercountingpresent participle and gerund of undercount