Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - counter
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1. n. 1 a a long flat-topped fitment in a shop, bank, etc., across which business is conducted with customers. b a similar structure used for serving food etc. in a cafeteria or bar. 2 a a small disc used for keeping the score etc. esp. in table-games. b a token representing a coin. c something used in bargaining; a pawn (a counter in the struggle for power). 3 an apparatus used for counting. 4 Physics an apparatus used for counting individual ionizing particles etc. 5 a person or thing that counts. Phrases and idioms over the counter by ordinary retail purchase. under the counter (esp. of the sale of scarce goods) surreptitiously, esp. illegally. Etymology: AF count(e)our, OF conteo(i)r, f. med.L computatorium (as COMPUTE) 2. v., adv., adj., & n. --v. 1 tr. a oppose, contradict (countered our proposal with their own). b meet by a countermove. 2 intr. a make a countermove. b make an opposing statement ('I shall!' he countered). 3 intr. Boxing give a return blow while parrying. --adv. 1 in the opposite direction (ran counter to the fox). 2 contrary (his action was counter to my wishes). --adj. 1 opposed; opposite. 2 duplicate; serving as a check. --n. 1 a parry; a countermove. 2 something opposite or opposed. Phrases and idioms act (or go) counter to disobey (instructions etc.). go (or hunt or run) counter run or ride against the direction taken by a quarry. run counter to act contrary to. Etymology: ME f. OF countre f. L contra against: see COUNTER- 3. n. 1 the part of a horse's breast between the shoulders and under the neck. 2 the curved part of the stern of a ship. 3 Printing a part of a printing-type etc. that is completely enclosed by an outline (e.g. the loop of P). Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn. 4. n. the back part of a shoe or a boot round the heel. Etymology: abbr. of counterfort buttress
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English countour, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin computatorium computing place, from Latin computare Date: 14th century a piece (as of metal or plastic) used in reckoning or in games, something of value in bargaining ; asset, a level surface (as a table, shelf or display case) over which transactions are conducted or food is served or on which goods are displayed or work is conducted , II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cuntur, from cunter to count Date: 14th century one that counts, III. verb (~ed; ~ing) see: co- Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to act in opposition to ; oppose, offset, nullify , to assert in answer , intransitive verb to meet attacks or arguments with defensive or retaliatory steps, IV. adverb Etymology: Middle English contre, from Anglo-French cuntre Date: 15th century in an opposite or wrong direction, to or toward a different or opposite direction, result, or effect , V. noun Date: 15th century contrary, opposite, the after portion of a boat from the waterline to the extreme outward swell or stern overhang, 3. the act of making an attack while parrying one (as in boxing or fencing), an agency or force that offsets ; check, a stiffener to give permanent form to a boot or shoe upper around the heel, an area within the face of a letter wholly or partly enclosed by strokes, a football play in which the ballcarrier goes in a direction opposite to the movement of the play, VI. adjective Date: 1582 marked by or tending toward or in an opposite direction or effect, given to or marked by opposition, hostility, or antipathy, situated or lying opposite , recalling or ordering back by a superseding contrary order ; ~manding ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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