"counter-roll" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: counter-rolls [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + roll; compare control and comptroller. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|roll}} counter- + roll, {{m|en|control}} control, {{m|en|comptroller}} comptroller Head templates: {{en-noun|head=counter-roll}} counter-roll (plural counter-rolls)
  1. (UK, law, obsolete) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. Tags: UK, obsolete Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-counter-roll-en-noun-Bb-PQXWV Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter- Topics: law

Inflected forms

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