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counter check
noun
- a blank check available in a bank for the use of a depositor in making a withdrawal from that bank.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of counter check1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Example Sentences
The 80th captured the gun, and the enemy, dismayed by this counter-check, did not venture to press on further.
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Sometimes the conductor gives a coloured counter-check to enable him to recognise the sheep whom he has already shorn.
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Disintegrating tendencies manifested themselves without counter-check.
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They dominated without possibility of counter-check and an entire generation tolerated this condition during that terrible period.
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Do you have any recollection—do you know what a counter check is?
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