单词 | counterpart |
释义 | counterpartn. 1. Law. The opposite part of an indenture n.; each of the indented parts of a deed of contract, etc., in its relation to the other part; esp. that which is not considered the principal part or original, e.g. the executed copy of a lease or receipt retained by the grantor as a counter-security. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture > counterpart of counterpane1509 counter-pawn1611 counterpart1617 counterparty1624 1617 R. Boyle Diary (1886) I. 160 Sir Walter Raleigh..endorsed with his own hand on the counterpart of the lease. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 296 When the several parts of an indenture are interchangeably executed by the several parties, that part or copy which is executed by the grantor is usually called the original, and the rest are counterparts. 1808 Regul. Service at Sea v. ii. §16 The Captain is to keep Counterparts of all the Accounts of the Receipt and Expenditure of Stores and Provisions with which the Ship shall be supplied. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvi. 107 A counterpart of the lease is to be executed by the lessee. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxvi. 644 It does not seem that any counterpart was delivered to the borrower. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > action of repeating in a copy or making a copy > duplicate or exact copy counterpanec1475 counterparta1676 facsimile1691 duplicate1701 rescript1729 double1798 reduplicate1803 duplication1872 dupe1916 carbon copy1926 spit1929 clone1977 a1676 M. Hale Hist. Common Law (1713) vi. 119 In some Things, the Laws of Normandy agreed with the Laws of England,..so that they seem to be as it were Copies or Counterparts one of another. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 267. ¶4 In The Spanish Friar..the two different Plots look like Counterparts and Copies of one another. 3. a. figurative. A person or thing so answering to another as to appear a duplicate or exact copy of it. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > action of repeating in a copy or making a copy > duplicate or exact copy > person or thing that appears to be counterpane1549 counterparta1680 counterportraiture1691 a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 136 So like in all Things, that one Brother Is but a Counterpart of th' other. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 442 He, that seemed our counterpart at first, Soon shows the strong similitude revers'd. View more context for this quotation 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 31 A full-length portrait..the very counterpart of his visitor of the preceding night. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. App. 429 You can..build up a sandstone mass which shall be the exact counterpart of that presented by nature. b. A person or thing not exactly similar to another, but serving as its equivalent in a different context. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent ylikeeOE likea1200 make?c1225 fellow?a1425 proportion?a1425 countervailc1430 matcha1450 meetc1450 pareil?c1450 resemblant1484 equivalent1502 countermatch1587 second1599 parallel1600 equipollent1611 balancea1616 tantamount1637 analogy1646 analogate1652 form-fellow1659 equivalency1698 par1711 homologizer1716 peel1722 analogon1797 quits1806 correlate1821 analogue1837 representant1847 homologue1848 countertype1855 homologon1871 correlative1875 vis-à-vis1900 counterpart1903 1903 G. B. Shaw Revolutionist's Handbk. ix, in Man & Superman 218 It is frightful for the citizen..that his companions of thirty years ago have their counterparts in every city crowd. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber iii. 32 She wanted to have everything,..and had Mephistopheles, or his feminine counterpart, come in at the moment, the bargain would have been struck. 1948 E. Waugh Loved One i. 3 The two Englishmen, each in his rocking-chair,..the counterparts of numberless fellow-countrymen exiled in the barbarous regions of the world. 1961 G. F. Kennan Russia & West i. 4 The German Social Democratic Party was the greatest Marxist political organization in the world, far outshadowing its weak Russian counterpart. 1970 A. Toffler Future Shock xi. 226 Young people today already leave home sooner than their counterparts a generation ago. 1983 M. Edwardes Back from Brink iii. 35 With the same power at his elbow as his Continental counterpart the British car assembly worker produces only half as much output per shift. 4. One of two parts which fit and complete each other; a person or thing forming a natural complement to another. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > a complement or counterpart fellowc1330 marrow1516 correlative1545 mate1578 counterpane1612 counterpart1635 correlate1643 tally1647 correspondent1650 complement1827 co-relative1864 opposite number1874 oppo1932 1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes 99 To meet each other's nat'rall Counterpart. 1691 J. Dryden King Arthur iii. i. 27 Oh Counterpart Of our soft Sex; Well are ye made our Lords. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk I. xvi. 392 Popular fury finds its counterpart in courtly servility. 1833 T. Chalmers On Power Wisdom & Goodness of God I. ii. 99 In counterpart to this complacency..there is a felt discomfort. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. ii. 19 Deep-sea valleys..are the counterparts of the mountain chains. 5. Music. A part written ‘against’ or to accompany another. [counter- prefix 2k] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > other parts counter-notec1380 organa1382 pricksong1495 counterpoint1530 cant organ?1553 diapason1594 counter-tune1605 contrapart1660 counterpart1706 free part1782 organum1782 sub-bass1839 counter-melody1931 countersubject1947 infra-bass1958 voice1967 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 154 Lkewise betwixt the treble and counter part another might easilie be placed.] 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Counter-part..a Term in Musick, only importing one Part to be opposite to another; as the Bass is said To be the Counter-part of the Treble. 1806 G. Gregory Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 446. 6. attributive. spec. Applied to a sum of money in local currency of an amount equivalent to goods and services received from another country. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [adjective] > relative value counterpart1954 1833 T. Chalmers On Power Wisdom & Goodness of God I. iii. 144 Urging onward their counterpart desires. 1885 Law Times Rep. 51 662/1 The parties having come to an agreement..the terms thereof were embodied in two counterpart documents. 1954 Ann. Reg. 1953 192 The U.S.A. was making available 900 million guilders from counterpart funds for dyke and road repairs. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Aug. 486/3 American ‘counterpart funds’ accruing in Britain and other European countries from official American aid or strategic purchases. 1961 R. E. Asher Grants, Loans, & Local Currencies v. 127 If the imports come as grant aid and are sold within the country, the foreign government will have, in a counterpart fund, local currency. 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