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noun(count-er)a piece (as of metal or plastic) used in reckoning or in games
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noun(count-er)something of value in bargaining : asset
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noun(count-er)a level surface (such as a table, shelf or display case) over which transactions are conducted or food is served or on which goods are displayed or work is conducted
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noun(count-er)a person or thing that counts something; especially : a device or process for indicating a number or amount
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verb(count-er)to act in opposition to : oppose
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verb(count-er)offset, nullify
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verb(count-er)to assert in answer
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adverb(count-er)in an opposite or wrong direction
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adverb(count-er)to or toward a different or opposite direction, result, or effect
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noun(count-er)contrary, opposite
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noun(count-er)the after portion of a boat from the waterline to the extreme outward swell or stern overhang
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noun(count-er)the act of making an attack while parrying one (as in boxing); also : a blow thus given in boxing
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adjective(count-er)marked by or tending toward or in an opposite direction or effect
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adjective(count-er)given to or marked by opposition, hostility, or antipathy
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adjective(count-er)situated or lying opposite
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prefix(count-er)contrary : opposite
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prefix(count-er)opposing : retaliatory
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prefix(count-er)complementary : corresponding
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noun(count-er)a person involved in corporate or government financial decisions and especially one reluctant to spend money
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noun(count-er)an accusation made in response to another accusation : a charge of wrongdoing or fault made toward a person or group who originally made such a charge
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noun(count-er)adaptation of an organism (as in modification of behavior, physiology, or form) in response to an adaptation of another organism with which it regularly interacts; also : a favorable trait that arises as a result of counteradaptation
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noun(count-er)opposition to the effect of a drug or stimulus that is hypothesized to develop in an organism as a mechanism to maintain homeostasis