counter

Signification (English)

1. One who counts.
2. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
3. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
4. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
5. A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
6. A hit counter.
7. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
8. A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
9. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
10. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
11. Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
12. The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
13. A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

compteur

comptoir

à contre-sens

en sens inverse

lancer de placement

lieu de vente

mot de mesure

comptoire

contrepoinçon

ticket window

heel counter

take in charge

frequency meter

proceed against

numbering machine

teller window

shop front

lunch counter

spinning the opposite way

accumulator register

counting device

contra-

give a respond to

move contrary

also the heel

of a shoe

whitelash

cnt

scaling circuit

ctr

over-ride

over-rule

tally register

counterhold

china cabinet

countervail

feed back

Fréquence

Coupé comme

count‧er

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkaʊn.tɚ/

Inherited from moyen anglais

countour

In summary

Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count + -er. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor.

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