counterfoil

coun·ter·foil

[koun-ter-foil]
noun Chiefly British.
a part of a bank check, money order, etc., that is kept by the issuer and on which a record of the transaction is made; stub.

Origin:
1700–10; counter- + foil2

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counterfoil (ˈkaʊntəˌfɔɪl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(Brit) Also called (esp US and Canadian): stub the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction

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Counterfoil is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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