"counterfoil" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-counterfoil.wav Forms: counterfoils [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + foil. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|foil}} counter- + foil Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterfoil (plural counterfoils)
  1. the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub Wikipedia link: counterfoil Synonyms: counterstock Translations (the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record): كَعْب (kaʕb) [masculine] (Arabic), талон (talon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), útržek [masculine] (Czech), talono (Esperanto), kanta (Finnish), talonki (Finnish), kuitti (Finnish), svunta [feminine] (Icelandic), comhdhuille [masculine] (Irish), matrice [feminine] (Italian), 控え (Japanese), 半券 (Japanese), (Japanese), co-ghuillag [feminine] (Manx), корешо́к (korešók) [masculine] (Russian), коріне́ць (korinécʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), gwrthddalen [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "word": "kanta"
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    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "svunta"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comhdhuille"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrice"
    },
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      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "word": "控え"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "word": "半券"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "word": "耳"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "co-ghuillag"
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      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "корешо́к"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "korinécʹ",
      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коріне́ць"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record",
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  "word": "counterfoil"
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