to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
2.
to reckon up; calculate; compute.
3.
to list or name the numerals up to: Close your eyes and count ten.
4.
to include in a reckoning; take into account: There are five of us here, counting me.
5.
to reckon to the credit of another; ascribe; impute.
6.
to consider or regard: He counted himself lucky to have survived the crash.
–verb (used without object)
7.
to count the items of a collection one by one in order to determine the total: She counted three times before she was satisfied that none was missing.
8.
to list or name numerals in order: to count to 100 by fives.
9.
to reckon numerically.
10.
to have a specified numerical value.
11.
to be accounted or worth something: That first try didn't count—I was just practicing.
12.
to have merit, importance, value, etc.; deserve consideration: Every bit of help counts.
13.
to have worth; amount (usually fol. by for): Intelligence counts for something.
–noun
14.
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation: A count of hands showed 23 in favor and 16 opposed.
15.
the number representing the result of a process of counting; the total number.
16.
an accounting.
17.
Baseball. the number of balls and strikes, usually designated in that order, that have been called on a batter during a turn at bat: a count of two balls and one strike.
18.
Law. a distinct charge or theory of action in a declaration or indictment: He was found guilty on two counts of theft.
19.
Textiles.
a.
a number representing the size or quality of yarn, esp. the number based on the relation of weight to length of the yarn and indicating its degree of coarseness.
b.
the number of warp and filling threads per square inch in woven material, representing the texture of the fabric.
20.
Bowling. the number of pins struck down by the first ball rolled by a bowler in the frame following a spare and included in the score for the frame in which the spare was made.
21.
Physics.
a.
a single ionizing reaction registered by an ionization chamber, as in a Geiger counter.
b.
the indication of the total number of ionizing reactions registered by an ionization chamber in a given period of time.
22.
Archaic. regard; notice.
23.
the count, Boxing. the calling aloud by the referee of the seconds from 1 to 10 while a downed boxer remains off his feet. Completion of the count signifies a knockout, which the referee then declares: A hard right sent the challenger down for the count. Also called the full count.
–adjective
24.
noting a number of items determined by an actual count: The box is labeled 50 count.
—Verb phrases
25.
count down, to count backward, usually by ones, from a given integer to zero.
26.
count in, to include: If you're going to the beach, count me in.
27.
count off, (often used imperatively, as in the army) to count aloud by turns, as to arrange positions within a group of persons; divide or become divided into groups: Close up ranks and count off from the left by threes.
28.
count on or upon, to depend or rely on: You can always count on him to lend you money.
29.
count out,
a.
Boxing. to declare (a boxer) a loser because of inability to stand up before the referee has counted 10 seconds.
b.
to exclude: When it comes to mountain climbing, count me out.
c.
to count and apportion or give out: She counted out four cookies to each child.
d.
to disqualify (ballots) illegally in counting, in order to control the election.
[Origin: 1275–1325; (v.) ME counten < AF c(o)unter, OF conter < L computāre to compute; (n.) ME counte < AF c(o)unte, OF conte < LL computus calculation, reckoning, n. deriv. of computāre]
(in some European countries) a nobleman equivalent in rank to an English earl.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME counte < AF c(o)unte, OF conte, comte < LL comitem, acc. of comes honorary title of various imperial functionaries, L: retainer, staff member, lit., companion; see comes]
To name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total; number.
To recite numerals in ascending order up to and including: count three before firing.
To include in a reckoning; take account of: ten dogs, counting the puppies.
To include by or as if by counting: Count me in.
To exclude by or as if by counting: Count me out.
Informal
To include by or as if by counting: Count me in.
To exclude by or as if by counting: Count me out.
To believe or consider to be; deem: Count yourself lucky.
v.
intr.
To recite or list numbers in order or enumerate items by units or groups: counted by tens.
To have importance: You really count with me.
To have a specified importance or value: Their opinions count for little. Each basket counts for two points.
Music To keep time by counting beats.
n.
The act of counting or calculating.
A number reached by counting.
The totality of specific items in a particular sample: a white blood cell count.
Law Any of the separate and distinct charges in an indictment.
Sports The counting from one to ten seconds, during which time a boxer who has been knocked down must rise or be declared the loser.
Baseball The number of balls and strikes that an umpire has called against a batter.
To rely on; depend on: You can count on my help.
To be confident of; anticipate: counted on getting a raise.
Phrasal Verb(s): count down
To recite numerals in descending order, as during a countdown.
count off
To recite numbers in turn, as when dividing people or things into groups : The 24 children counted off by twos, forming a dozen pairs. count on
To rely on; depend on: You can count on my help.
To be confident of; anticipate: counted on getting a raise.
count out
To declare (a boxer) out to have been knocked out by calling out the count.
Idiom(s):
count heads/noses
To make a count of members, attendees, or participants by or as if by noting bodily presence.
[Middle English counten, from Old French conter, from Latin computāre, to calculate : com-, com- + putāre, to think; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to be of significance or importance: an opinion that counts; actions that import little; decisions that really matter; thoughts that signify much; considerations that weigh with her.
[Middle English counte, from Old French conte, from Late Latin comes, comit-, occupant of any state office, from Latin, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]
"title of nobility," 1258, from O.Fr. conte, from L. comitem (nom. comes) "companion, attendant," the Roman term for a provincial governor, from com- "with" + ire "go." The Anglo-Norm. term was used to render O.E. eorl, but the word was never truly naturalized and was mainly used with reference to foreign titles.
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
3.
a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
verb
1.
determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
2.
have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
3.
show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider]
4.
name or recite the numbers in ascending order; "The toddler could count to 100"
5.
put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
6.
include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
7.
have a certain value or carry a certain weight; "each answer counts as three points"
8.
have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"
9.
take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" [syn: reckon]
nobleman in certain countries, equal in rank to a British earl
Arabic:
كونت: لَقَب نَـبالَـه
Chinese (Simplified):
伯爵
Chinese (Traditional):
伯爵
Czech:
hrabě
Danish:
greve
Dutch:
graaf
Estonian:
krahv
Finnish:
kreivi
French:
comte
German:
der Graf
Greek:
κόμης
Hungarian:
gróf
Icelandic:
greifi
Indonesian:
gelar bangsawan di Eropa
Japanese:
伯爵
Korean:
백작
Latvian:
grāfs (ne angļu)
Lithuanian:
grafas
Norwegian:
greve
Polish:
hrabia
Portuguese (Brazil):
conde
Portuguese (Portugal):
conde
Romanian:
conte
Russian:
граф
Slovak:
gróf
Slovenian:
grof
Spanish:
conde
Turkish:
kont
count1[kaunt]verb
to name the numbers up to Example: Count (up to) ten.
Arabic:
يَعُدُّ
Chinese (Simplified):
数数
Chinese (Traditional):
數數
Czech:
počítat
Danish:
tælle
Dutch:
tellen
Estonian:
loendama
Finnish:
laskea
French:
compter
German:
zählen
Greek:
μετρώ
Hungarian:
számol
Icelandic:
telja
Indonesian:
menghitung
Japanese:
数える
Korean:
(수를 어느 곳까지) 세다
Latvian:
skaitīt
Lithuanian:
skaičiuoti
Norwegian:
telle
Polish:
liczyć
Portuguese (Brazil):
contar
Portuguese (Portugal):
contar
Romanian:
a număra
Russian:
считать
Slovak:
počítať, rátať
Slovenian:
šteti
Spanish:
contar
Swedish:
räkna
Turkish:
saymak
count2[kaunt]verb
to calculate using numbers Example: Count (up) the number of pages; Count how many people there are; There were six people present, not counting the chairman.
Arabic:
يُحْصـي
Chinese (Simplified):
计数
Chinese (Traditional):
計數
Czech:
(s)počítat
Danish:
tælle
Dutch:
tellen
Estonian:
kokku lugema
Finnish:
laskea
French:
compter
German:
zählen
Greek:
λογαριάζω, υπολογίζω
Hungarian:
megszámol
Icelandic:
telja
Indonesian:
menghitung
Japanese:
計算する
Korean:
계산하다
Latvian:
saskaitīt
Lithuanian:
(su)skaičiuoti
Norwegian:
telle, kalkulere, regne opp
Polish:
liczyć
Portuguese (Brazil):
contar
Portuguese (Portugal):
contar
Romanian:
a număra
Russian:
пересчитывать
Slovak:
(s)počítať, zrátať
Slovenian:
računati, šteti
Spanish:
contar
Swedish:
räkna, beräkna
Turkish:
saymak
count3[kaunt]verb
to be important or have an effect or value Example: What he says doesn't count; All these essays count towards my final mark.
Arabic:
يكونُ مُعتبرا، له أهميّـه
Chinese (Simplified):
有价值
Chinese (Traditional):
有價值
Czech:
platit; být důležitý
Danish:
tælle
Dutch:
meetellen
Estonian:
tähtis olema
Finnish:
merkitä, vaikuttaa
French:
compter
German:
zählen
Greek:
υπολογίζομαι, επηρεάζω
Hungarian:
számít
Icelandic:
skipta máli
Indonesian:
penting
Japanese:
重要である
Korean:
중요하다
Latvian:
skaitīties; būt ar nozīmi
Lithuanian:
būti svarbiam, turėti įtakos, *vertę
Norwegian:
telle med, bety noe, komme med i betraktning
Polish:
liczyć się
Portuguese (Brazil):
contar, importar
Portuguese (Portugal):
contar
Romanian:
a conta
Russian:
считаться
Slovak:
mať význam
Slovenian:
veljati
Spanish:
contar, tener importancia
Swedish:
räknas, ha betydelse
Turkish:
önemli olmak
count4[kaunt]verb
to consider Example: Count yourself lucky to be here.
Arabic:
يَعْتَبِـر
Chinese (Simplified):
把…看作
Chinese (Traditional):
把…看作
Czech:
považovat
Danish:
regne; anse
Dutch:
beschouwen
Estonian:
(millekski) pidama
Finnish:
pitää jonakin
French:
estimer
German:
schätzen
Greek:
θεωρώ
Hungarian:
vminek tart vkit
Icelandic:
telja, álíta
Indonesian:
menganggap
Japanese:
～とみなす
Korean:
…이라고 간주하다
Latvian:
uzskatīt
Lithuanian:
laikyti
Norwegian:
prise seg (lykkelig)
Polish:
uważać
Portuguese (Brazil):
considerar
Portuguese (Portugal):
considerar-se
Romanian:
a considera
Russian:
считать
Slovak:
považovať
Slovenian:
imeti (se) za
Spanish:
considerar(se)
Swedish:
anse, skatta
Turkish:
saymak
count1[kaunt]noun
an act of numbering Example: They took a count of how many people attended.
Arabic:
عَدُّ، إحْصاء
Chinese (Simplified):
计数
Chinese (Traditional):
計數
Czech:
počet
Danish:
optælling; tælling
Dutch:
telling
Estonian:
loendamine
French:
compte
German:
die Zählung
Greek:
μέτρημα
Hungarian:
számolás
Icelandic:
telja
Indonesian:
penghitungan
Japanese:
計算
Korean:
계산; 셈
Latvian:
skaitīšana
Lithuanian:
skaičiavimas
Norwegian:
opptelling
Polish:
liczenie
Portuguese (Brazil):
contagem
Portuguese (Portugal):
contagem
Romanian:
numărătoare
Russian:
подсчёт
Slovak:
počet
Slovenian:
štetje
Spanish:
cálculo, recuento
Swedish:
räkning
Turkish:
sayma
count2[kaunt]noun
a charge brought against a prisoner etc Example: She faces three counts of theft.
Main Entry: 2count Function: noun 1 a: the action or process of counting b: a total obtained by counting 2:
the total number of individual things in a given unit or sample (as of blood) obtained by counting all or a subsample of them —see ADDIS COUNT, BLOOD COUNT, CELL
COUNT, RED BLOOD COUNT, WHITE COUNT
Main Entry: 1count Pronunciation: 'kaunt Function: transitive verb : to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of
units involved
A trend analysis using point and figure charts to estimate the vertical movement of prices.
Investopedia Commentary
Count calculations are
based upon past sideways price movements and are used to gauge the probability that a price target will be reached. This is used by traders to ascertain whether certain positions are
profitable.
Main Entry: count Function: noun :CHARGE; specifically: a charge (as in a complaint or
indictment) that separately states a cause of action or esp. offense <guilty on all counts>
Ac*count"\, n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1.]1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. A beggarly account of empty boxes. --Shak. 2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank. 3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts. 4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable account of the city of London." --Howell. 5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. Give an account of thy stewardship. --Luke xvi. 2. 6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. "To stand high in your account." --Shak. 7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. "Men of account." --Pope. "To turn to account." --Shak. Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of. On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf. To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [Obs.] This other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. --Milton. To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. To take account of, or to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. "Of their doings, God takes no account." --Milton . A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. --Cowell. Syn: Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal. Usage: Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc.
Ac*count"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accounting.] [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter, [`a] (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to count, L. computare. See Count, v. t.]1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.] The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [R.] --Clarendon. 3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. Accounting that God was able to raise him up. --Heb. xi. 19. 4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Cal"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calculater; p. pr. & vb. n. Calculating.] [L, calculatus, p. p. of calculate, fr. calculus a pebble, a stone used in reckoning; hence, a reckoning, fr. calx, calcis, a stone used in gaming, limestone. See Calx.]1. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute. A calencar exacity calculated than any othe. --North. 2. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity. A cunning man did calculate my birth. --Shak. 3. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people. [Religion] is . . . calculated for our benefit. --Abp. Tillotson. 4. To plan; to expect; to think. [Local, U. S.] Syn: To compute; reckon; count; estimate; rate. Usage: To Calculate, Compute. Reckon, Count. These words indicate the means by which we arrive at a given result in regard to quantity. We calculate with a view to obtain a certain point of knowledge; as, to calculate an eclipse. We compute by combining given numbers, in order to learn the grand result. We reckon and count in carrying out the details of a computation. These words are also used in a secondary and figurative sense. "Calculate is rather a conjection from what is, as to what may be; computation is a rational estimate of what has been, from what is; reckoning is a conclusive conviction, a pleasing assurance that a thing will happen; counting indicates an expectation. We calculate on a gain; we compute any loss sustained, or the amount of any mischief done; we reckon on a promised pleasure; we count the hours and minutes until the time of enjoyment arrives" --Crabb.
Com*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] [L. computare. See Count, v. t.] To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. --Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. --Burns. Syn: To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.
Con*com"i*tant\, a. [F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman.] Accompanying; conjoined; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. --Locke.
Con"sta*ble\ (k[u^]n"st[.a]*b'l), n. [OE. conestable, constable, a constable (in sense 1), OF. conestable, F. conn['e]table, LL. conestabulus, constabularius, comes stabuli, orig., count of the stable, master of the horse, equerry; comes count (L. companion) + L. stabulum stable. See Count a nobleman, and Stable.]1. A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages. Note: The constable of France was the first officer of the crown, and had the chief command of the army. It was also his duty to regulate all matters of chivalry. The office was suppressed in 1627. The constable, or lord high constable, of England, was one of the highest officers of the crown, commander in chief of the forces, and keeper of the peace of the nation. He also had judicial cognizance of many important matters. The office was as early as the Conquest, but has been disused (except on great and solemn occasions), since the attainder of Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Henry VIII. 2. (Law) An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers. --Bouvier. Note: In England, at the present time, the constable is a conservator of the peace within his district, and is also charged by various statutes with other duties, such as serving summons, precepts, warrants, etc. In the United States, constables are town or city officers of the peace, with powers similar to those of the constables of England. In addition to their duties as conservators of the peace, they are invested with others by statute, such as to execute civil as well as criminal process in certain cases, to attend courts, keep juries, etc. In some cities, there are officers called high constables, who act as chiefs of the constabulary or police force. In other cities the title of constable, as well as the office, is merged in that of the police officer. High constable, a constable having certain duties and powers within a hundred. [Eng.] Petty constable, a conservator of the peace within a parish or tithing; a tithingman. [Eng.] Special constable, a person appointed to act as constable of special occasions. Tooverrun, or outrun, the constable, to spend more than one's income; to get into debt. [Colloq.] --Smollett.
Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure, and cf. Compute.]1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon. Who can count the dust of Jacob? --Num. xxiii. 10. In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. --Macaulay. 2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging. Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 3. 3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider. I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. --Shak. To count out. (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.] Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See Calculate.
Count\, v. i. 1. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing. This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen. --J. A. Symonds. 2. To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon. He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice. --Macaulay. I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. --Swift. 3. To take account or note; -- with of. [Obs.] "No man counts of her beauty." --Shak. 4. (Eng. Law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. --Burrill.
Count\, n. [F. conte and compte, with different meanings, fr. L. computus a computation, fr. computare. See Count, v. t.]1. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting. Of blessed saints for to increase the count. --Spenser. By this count, I shall be much in years. --Shak. 2. An object of interest or account; value; estimation. [Obs.] "All his care and count." --Spenser. 3. (Law) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. --Wharton. Note: In the old law books, count was used synonymously with declaration. When the plaintiff has but a single cause of action, and makes but one statement of it, that statement is called indifferently count or declaration, most generally, however, the latter. But where the suit embraces several causes, or the plaintiff makes several different statements of the same cause of action, each statement is called a count, and all of them combined, a declaration. --Bouvier. Wharton.
Count\, n. [F. conte and compte, with different meanings, fr. L. computus a computation, fr. computare. See Count, v. t.]1. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting. Of blessed saints for to increase the count. --Spenser. By this count, I shall be much in years. --Shak. 2. An object of interest or account; value; estimation. [Obs.] "All his care and count." --Spenser. 3. (Law) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. --Wharton. Note: In the old law books, count was used synonymously with declaration. When the plaintiff has but a single cause of action, and makes but one statement of it, that statement is called indifferently count or declaration, most generally, however, the latter. But where the suit embraces several causes, or the plaintiff makes several different statements of the same cause of action, each statement is called a count, and all of them combined, a declaration. --Bouvier. Wharton.
Count\, n. [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to go.] A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. Note: Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses. --Brande & C. Count palatine. (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [Eng.] See County palatine, under County. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]
Count"er\ (koun"t?r), n. [OE. countere, countour, a counter (in sense 1), OF. contere, conteor, fr. conter to count. See Count, v. t. ]1. One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner. 2. A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. The old gods of our own race whose names . . . serve as counters reckon the days of the week. --E. B. Tylor. What comes the wool to? . . . I can not do it without counters. --Shak. 3. Money; coin; -- used in contempt. [Obs.] To lock such rascal counters from his friends. --Shak. 4. A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London. Anne Aysavugh . . . imprisoned in the Counter. --Fuller. 5. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. --Knight.
Coun"ter\, n. [OE. countour, OF. contouer, comptouer, F. comptoir, LL. computatorium, prop., a computing place, place of accounts, fr. L. computare. See Count, v. t.] A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
Count"ess\ (kount"?s), n.; pl. Countesses (-?s). [F. comtesse. See Count a nobleman.] The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
Count"ess\ (kount"?s), n.; pl. Countesses (-?s). [F. comtesse. See Count a nobleman.] The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
Count"ing*house`\ (kount"?ng-hous`), Countingroom \Count"ing*room`\ (kount"?ng-r??m`), n. [See Count, v.] The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.
Count"or\ (kount"?r), n. [From Count, v. t. (in sense 4).] (O. Eng. Law) An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. [Obs.] --Burrill.
Coun"ty\ (koun"t?), n.; pl. Counties (-t?z). [F. comt?, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.] 2. A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire. Every county, every town, every family, was in agitation. --Macaulay. 3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak. County commissioners. See Commissioner. County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. County palatine, a county distinguished by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] County seat, a county town. [U.S.] County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.] County town, the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.
Dec`la*ra"tion\, n. [F. d['e]claration, fr. L. declaratio, fr. declarare. See Declare.]1. The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc. 2. That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal. Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. --Tillotson. 3. The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington). In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. --Buckle. 4. (Law) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3. Declaration of Independence. (Amer. Hist.) See under Independence. Declaration of rights. (Eng. Hist) See Bill of rights, under Bill. Declaration of trust (Law), a paper subscribed by a grantee of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for the purposes and upon the terms set forth. --Abbott.
Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d['e]compter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.]1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills. 2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. Discount only unexceptionable paper. --Walsh. 3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). 4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). --Sir W. Hamilton.
Earl\, n. [OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS. erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. ? male, Zend arshan man. Cf. Jarl.] A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.
Is"sue\, n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. Ambition, Count a nobleman, Commence, Errant, Exit, Eyre, Initial, Yede went.]1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house. 2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury. 3. That which passes, flows, or is
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