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counter
counter1
noun
1》 a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or food and drinks are served.
    ↘N. Amer. a worktop.
2》 a small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker.
    ↘a token representing a coin.
3》 a factor used to give one party an advantage in negotiations.
4》 a person or thing that counts something.
    ↘Physics an apparatus used for counting individual ionizing particles or events.
Phrases
over the counter by ordinary retail purchase, with no need for a prescription or licence.
↘(of share transactions) taking place outside the stock exchange system.
under the counter (or table) (with reference to goods bought or sold) surreptitiously and illegally.
Origin
ME (in sense 2): from OFr. conteor, from med. L. computatorium, from L. computare (see compute).
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counter2
verb
1》 speak or act in opposition or response to.
2》 Boxing give a return blow while parrying.
adverb (counter to) in the opposite direction to or in conflict with.
adjective responding to something of the same kind, especially in opposition: argument and counter argument.
noun
1》 an act or speech which counters something else.
2》 Boxing a counterpunch.
3》 the curved part of the stern of a ship projecting aft above the waterline.
4》 Printing the white space enclosed by a letter such as O or c.
Origin
ME: from OFr. contre, from L. contra 'against'.
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counter3
noun the back part of a shoe or boot, enclosing the heel.
Origin
C19: abbrev. of counterfort 'buttress', from Fr. contrefort.

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