[ˈkaʊntə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria

- a small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker

- a device used for counting
(e.g: the counter tells you how many pictures you have taken)


Phrases:
- behind the counter
- over the counter
- under the counter

Origin:
Middle English (in counter): from Old French conteor, from medieval Latin computatorium, from Latin computare (see compute)

[ˈkaʊntə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- speak or act in opposition to
(e.g: the second argument is more difficult to counter)


Phrases:
- go counter

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-

[ˈkaʊntə], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- in the opposite direction or in opposition to
(e.g: his writing ran counter to the dominant trends of the decade)


Phrases:
- go counter

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-

[ˈkaʊntə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- responding to something of the same kind, especially in opposition
(e.g: after years of argument and counter argument there is no conclusive answer)


Phrases:
- go counter

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-

[ˈkaʊntə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thing which opposes or prevents something else
(e.g: the stimulus to employers' organization was partly a counter to growing union power)

- the curved part of the stern of a ship projecting aft above the waterline

- the white space enclosed by a letter such as O or c


Phrases:
- go counter

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-

[ˈkaʊntə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the back part of a shoe or boot, enclosing the heel


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: abbreviation of counterfort ‘buttress’, from French contrefort