English dictionary
counterfoil
/'k/AU/nt/@/r,f//Oi//l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the part of a check that is retained as a record
Source: WordNet 3.0
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That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the <i>stock</i>, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also <i>counterstock</i>.
Source: webster1913