counter
/ˈkaʊn.tɚ/ noun B2- One who counts. · He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. · He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- A hit counter.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted. · He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
Plural counters
From the library
“Do you know any other counter-poisons?”
On my very counter, sir,” said he.
Barnicot’s, and one smashed in broad daylight on my own counter.
There is no name,” said she, smoothing it out upon the counter.
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