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Webster 1913 Edition


Counterfoil

Coun′ter-foilˊ

(-foil)
,
Noun.
[
Counter-
+
foil
a leaf.]
1.
That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; – called also
counterstock
.
[Eng.]
2.
The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued.

Webster 1828 Edition


Counterfoil

COUNTERFOIL

, COUNTERSTOCK,
Noun.
That part of a tally struck in the Exchequer, which is kept by an officer in that court, the other being delivered to the person who has lent the king money on the account, and is called the stock.

Definition 2024


counterfoil

counterfoil

English

a check and stub
Check (blue, on right) and its counterfoil (white, on left.)

Noun

counterfoil (plural counterfoils)

  1. the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub

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