counterfoil
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.
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How to use counterfoil in a sentence
But modernity, its machines, objectivity and industry, produced its counterfoil within Holmes as well.
The counterfoil of a tradesman's paying-in book showed £100 with which he was not credited in the books of the bank.
The Grell Mystery | Frank FroestYes, there was the counterfoil, fresh as a new wound, from which indeed his bank account was profusely bleeding.
Prose Fancies | Richard Le GallienneIdly I picked up the cheque-book—and absently fingered the leaves—then my eye caught a counterfoil where I had chanced to open it.
Man and Maid | Elinor GlynIn the face of this, Falder, do you still deny that you altered both cheque and counterfoil?
Justice (Second Series Plays) | John Galsworthy
Very well, then, how do you account for the fact that this nought was added to the nine in the counterfoil on or after Tuesday?
Justice (Second Series Plays) | John Galsworthy
British Dictionary definitions for counterfoil
/ (ˈkaʊntəˌfɔɪl) /
British the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction: Also called (esp US and Canadian): stub
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