counterfoil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: counterfoil	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for counterfoil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
counterfoil n the part of a check that is retained as a record [syn: stub, check stub, counterfoil]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Counterfoil \Coun"ter*foil`\ (-foil), n. [Counter- + foil a leaf.] 1. That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also {counterstock}. [Eng.] 2. The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued.