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counterfoil::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | check stub, stub |
| Type of | record |
Examples of counterfoil
counterfoil
Here, the rich red meat made a perfect counterfoil to the light flesh of the prawns.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Because they could well have to act as a counterfoil for the Greens.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Bass Kwangchul Youn provided a formidable counterfoil for Domingo as a velvet-voiced enemy Fiesco.
From the bloomberg.com
There Socrates is portrayed as a young philosopher acting as junior counterfoil to aged Parmenides.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Breezy, confident and ultracompetent, Rajiv serves as a maddening counterfoil to his struggling younger brother, whose waffling and zigzag career path infuriates their father.
From the nytimes.com
Handing over a credit card to a waiter in a restaurant, who disappears out of sight for five minutes before returning with a counterfoil for signature verification, is considered unimaginably stupid.
From the economist.com
- Stub: the part of a check that is retained as a record
- Stub paper connected to the note, retained by issuer authority for record keeping.
