counterfoiln.

/ˈkaʊntəfɔɪl/

Etymology: < counter- prefix 2g + foil n.¹ leaf.

1. A complementary part of a bank cheque, official receipt, or the like, which registers the particulars of the principal part, and is retained by the person who gives out that part.It varies from a duplicate to a mere memorandum of the contents of the part given out.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > receipt > part of tally

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counterstock1706

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > draft form with counterfoil > counterfoil

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1706 Act 5 Anne c. 13 [Enacts that Exchequer Bills be made henceforth with two counterfoils instead of one, and] That the said Governor and Company [of Bk. of Eng.] shall..have the use and custody of the one part of all and euery the Checques, Indents, or Counterfoyls of all such Exchequer Bills..and from which the same Exchequer Bills shall be cut.

1708 Act 7 Anne c. 7 Such part of the said Cheques, Indents, or Counterfoils as shall relate to the Bills so discharged or cancelled..shall be delivered back into the Receipt of Her Majesties Exchequer by the said Governor and Company. [Cf. Mr. A. W. Chisholm's Return to Ho. of Commons, ordered 11 May 1857, on National Debt.]

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind vii. 166 The tally survives still.. in the counterfoil of the banker's cheque.

1887 Times 10 Oct. 3/3 To enter on the counterfoils of the licences the amount he received.

†2. = counterstock n. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Counter-foil, or Counter-stock, that part of a Tally struck in the Exchequer, which is kept by the Officers of the Court; the other Part, call'd the Stock, being deliver'd to the Party that has paid or lent the Queen any Money upon such Account.

1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. xiii. 121 In whose Office at Westminster are preserved all the Counterfoils of the tallies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	counterfoil
释义	counterfoiln. /ˈkaʊntəfɔɪl/ Etymology: < counter- prefix 2g + foil n.¹ leaf. 1. A complementary part of a bank cheque, official receipt, or the like, which registers the particulars of the principal part, and is retained by the person who gives out that part.It varies from a duplicate to a mere memorandum of the contents of the part given out. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > receipt > part of tally countertailc1430 countertally1440 swatch?a1527 stock1642 counterfoil1706 counterstock1706 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > draft form with counterfoil > counterfoil foila1483 check1706 counterstock1706 counterfoil1865 stub1876 1706 Act 5 Anne c. 13 [Enacts that Exchequer Bills be made henceforth with two counterfoils instead of one, and] That the said Governor and Company [of Bk. of Eng.] shall..have the use and custody of the one part of all and euery the Checques, Indents, or Counterfoyls of all such Exchequer Bills..and from which the same Exchequer Bills shall be cut. 1708 Act 7 Anne c. 7 Such part of the said Cheques, Indents, or Counterfoils as shall relate to the Bills so discharged or cancelled..shall be delivered back into the Receipt of Her Majesties Exchequer by the said Governor and Company. [Cf. Mr. A. W. Chisholm's Return to Ho. of Commons, ordered 11 May 1857, on National Debt.] 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind vii. 166 The tally survives still.. in the counterfoil of the banker's cheque. 1887 Times 10 Oct. 3/3 To enter on the counterfoils of the licences the amount he received. †2. = counterstock n. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Counter-foil, or Counter-stock, that part of a Tally struck in the Exchequer, which is kept by the Officers of the Court; the other Part, call'd the Stock, being deliver'd to the Party that has paid or lent the Queen any Money upon such Account. 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. xiii. 121 In whose Office at Westminster are preserved all the Counterfoils of the tallies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1706
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