counterfoil

English

Check (blue, on right) and its counterfoil (white, on left.)

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counterfoil

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Etymology

From counter- +‎ foil.

Pronunciation

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Noun

counterfoil (plural counterfoils)

1. the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub

Synonyms

• counterstock

Translations

the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record

Arabic: كَعْب m (kaʕb) Bulgarian: талон (bg) m (talon) Czech: útržek m Esperanto: talono (eo) Finnish: kanta (fi), talonki (fi), kuitti (fi) Icelandic: svunta (is) f Irish: comhdhuille m Italian: matrice (it) f Japanese: 控え (ja), 半券 (ja), 耳 (ja) Manx: co-ghuillag f Russian: корешо́к (ru) m (korešók) Ukrainian: коріне́ць m (korinécʹ) Welsh: gwrthddalen f