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counterfoil

/koun-ter-foil/US // ˈkaʊn tərˌfɔɪl //UK // (ˈkaʊntəˌfɔɪl) //

反叶子,对翼板,对翼鸟,反箔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly British.

    • : a part of a bank check, money order, etc., that is kept by the issuer and on which a record of the transaction is made; stub.

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Examples

  • But modernity, its machines, objectivity and industry, produced its counterfoil within Holmes as well.

  • The counterfoil of a tradesman's paying-in book showed £100 with which he was not credited in the books of the bank.

  • Yes, there was the counterfoil, fresh as a new wound, from which indeed his bank account was profusely bleeding.

  • Idly I picked up the cheque-book—and absently fingered the leaves—then my eye caught a counterfoil where I had chanced to open it.

  • In the face of this, Falder, do you still deny that you altered both cheque and counterfoil?

  • Very well, then, how do you account for the fact that this nought was added to the nine in the counterfoil on or after Tuesday?