Counterfoil

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  • noun. A stub retained by the issuer of a receipt or other document as a record of a transaction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That part of a tally formerly struck in the English 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. Also called counterstock.
  • noun. A part of a document, such as a bank-check or draft, which is retained by the person givingthe document, and on which is written a memorandum of the main particulars contained in the principal document; a stub.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the part of a check that is retained as a record
    • Word Usage
    "The key "Swiftboater" John O'Neill had first been used as a 'counterfoil' to John Kerry by Richard Nixon."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    record  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    broken_one  faqade  fencepost  g  keyframe  
    variant
    counterstock  
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