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count⋅er
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[koun-ter] 
tər
–noun
—Idioms| 1. | a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc. |
| 2. | (in restaurants, luncheonettes, etc.) a long, narrow table with stools or chairs along one side for the patrons, behind which refreshments or meals are prepared and served. |
| 3. | a surface for the preparation of food in a kitchen, esp. on a low cabinet. |
| 4. | anything used in keeping account, as a disk of metal or wood, used in some games, as checkers, for marking a player's position or for keeping score. |
| 5. | an imitation coin or token. |
| 6. | a coin; money. |
| 7. | over the counter,
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| 8. | under the counter, in a clandestine manner, esp. illegally: books sold under the counter. |
count⋅er
2 [koun-ter] –noun
| 1. | a person who counts. |
| 2. | a device for counting revolutions of a wheel, items produced, etc. |
| 3. | Cards. card counter. |
| 4. | Computers. a storage register or program variable used to tally how often something of interest occurs. |
| 5. | Electronics. scaler (def. 2). |
| 6. | Physics. any of various instruments for detecting ionizing radiation and for registering counts. |
coun⋅ter
3 [koun-ter] –adverb
| 1. | in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction. |
| 2. | contrary; in opposition (usually prec. by run or go): to run counter to the rules. |
–adjective
| 3. | opposite; opposed; contrary. |
–noun
| 4. | something that is opposite or contrary to something else. |
| 5. | a blow delivered in receiving or parrying another blow, as in boxing. |
| 6. | a statement or action made to refute, oppose, or nullify another statement or action. |
| 7. | Fencing. a circular parry. |
| 8. | a piece of leather or other material inserted between the lining and outside leather of a shoe or boot quarter to keep it stiff. |
| 9. | Nautical. the part of a stern that overhangs and projects aft of the sternpost of a vessel. |
| 10. | Also called void. Typesetting. any part of the face of a type that is less than type-high and is therefore not inked. |
| 11. | Engineering, Building Trades. a truss member subject to stress only under certain partial loadings of the truss. |
| 12. | the part of a horse's breast that lies between the shoulders and under the neck. |
–verb (used with object)
| 13. | to go counter to; oppose; controvert. |
| 14. | to meet or answer (a move, blow, etc.) by another in return. |
–verb (used without object)
| 15. | to make a counter or opposing move. |
| 16. | to give a blow while receiving or parrying one, as in boxing. |
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| coun·ter 1 (koun'tər) adj. Contrary; opposing: moves and counter moves on the checkerboard. n.
v. tr.
To move, act, or respond so as to be in opposition. adv.
[Middle English countre, from Old French contre, from Latin contrā; see counter-.] |
| count·er 2 (koun'tər) n.
[Middle English countour, from Anglo-Norman counteour, from Medieval Latin computātōrium, countinghouse, from Latin computāre, to calculate; see count1.] |
| count·er 3 (koun'tər) n. One that counts, especially an electronic or mechanical device that automatically counts occurrences or repetitions of phenomena or events. |
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