countercheck
a check that opposes or restrains.
a check controlling or confirming another check.
to oppose or restrain (a tendency, force, trend, etc.) by contrary action.
to control or confirm by a second check.
Origin of countercheck
1Other definitions for counter check (2 of 2)
a blank check available in a bank for the use of a depositor in making a withdrawal from that bank.
Origin of counter check
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How to use countercheck in a sentence
The 80th captured the gun, and the enemy, dismayed by this counter-check, did not venture to press on further.
Sometimes the conductor gives a coloured counter-check to enable him to recognise the sheep whom he has already shorn.
The Land of Contrasts | James Fullarton MuirheadDisintegrating tendencies manifested themselves without counter-check.
The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic | Ernesto QuesadaThey dominated without possibility of counter-check and an entire generation tolerated this condition during that terrible period.
The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic | Ernesto QuesadaDo you have any recollection—do you know what a counter check is?
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for countercheck
a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
a restraint that reinforces another restraint
a double check, as for accuracy
to oppose by counteraction
to control or restrain by a second check
to double-check
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