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Counterfoil definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTERFOIL, COUNTERSTOCK, n. That part of a tally struck in the Exchequer, which is kept by an officer in that court, the other being delivered to the person who has lent the king money on the account, and is called the stock.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the part of a check that is retained as a record [syn: stub, check stub, counterfoil]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1706 a detachable stub (as on a check or ticket) usually serving as a record or receipt

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the part of a cheque, receipt, etc., retained by the payer and containing details of the transaction.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Counterfoil Coun"ter*foil` (-foil), n. [Counter- + foil a leaf.] 1. 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. [Eng.] 2. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(counterfoils) A counterfoil is the part of a cheque, ticket, or other document that you keep when you give the other part to someone else. N-COUNT