counterfoil


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coun·ter·foil

 (koun′tər-foil′)
n. Chiefly British
A stub retained by the issuer of a receipt or other document as a record of a transaction.
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counterfoil

(ˈkaʊntəˌfɔɪl)
n
(Banking & Finance) Brit the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction. Also called (esp US and Canadian): stub
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coun•ter•foil

(ˈkaʊn tərˌfɔɪl)
n.
a part of a bank check, money order, etc., that is kept by the issuer as a record.
[1700–10]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.counterfoil - the part of a check that is retained as a record
check stub, stub
record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
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Translations
أرومَـة الشـّـك
kontrolní útržek
kupontalon
svunta
šaknelė
pasaknis

counterfoil

[ˈkaʊntəfɔɪl] N (Brit) → matriz f (Sp), talón m (LAm)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

counterfoil

[ˈkaʊntərfɔɪl] n [cheque, receipt] → talon m, souche fcounter-intelligence [ˌkaʊntərɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns]
modif [head, officer, chief] → du contre-espionnage; [service] → de contre-espionnage
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

counterfoil

n → Kontrollabschnitt m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

counterfoil

[ˈkaʊntəˌfɔɪl] n → matrice f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

counterfoil

(ˈkauntəfoil) noun
a section able to be detached or removed from a cheque etc and kept by the giver as a receipt.
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