counters

noun

Meaning

A deal to swap goods or services.
A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
A contra dance.
A country dance.
One who counts
A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
A hit counter.
Something opposite or contrary to something else.
A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
To contradict, oppose.
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
To take action in response to; to respond.
To encounter.

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