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Counterfoil   Listen
noun
Counterfoil  n.  
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.





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"Counterfoil" Quotes from Famous Books



... sat lost in thought. Then, quite suddenly, he stirred, and reached the check book lying on the desk. He wrote rapidly, and finally tore the draft from its counterfoil and blotted it. Then he looked up, and his smiling ...
— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum


Words linked to "Counterfoil" :   record, stub, check stub


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