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单词 counterpart
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counterpartn.

Brit. /ˈkaʊntəpɑːt/, U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌpɑrt/
Etymology: counter- prefix 2g: compare French contre-partie (13th cent. in Godefroy Suppl.)
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.
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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.
figurative.a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 120 And this contract [friendship] will never hold, without an exact counterpart.
2. gen. A duplicate, or exact copy. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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