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1. Table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
    
2. Game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
    
3. A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
   - tabulator
    
4. A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
   - buffet, sideboard
    
5. A person who counts things
    
6. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
   - rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback
    
7. (computing) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
    
8. A piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
   "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot";
   - heel counter
    
9. A return punch (especially by a boxer)
   - counterpunch, parry
    
10. (nautical) the overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline

1. Speak in response
   "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
    
2. Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
   - anticipate, foresee, forestall

1. Indicating opposition or resistance
   - antagonistic

1. In the opposite direction
   "run counter"

1. Opposite, complementary

Derived forms: counters, countered, countering

See also: negative

Type of: act, answer, article of furniture, biff [informal], calculating machine, calculator, clout, dong [Austral, NZ, informal], furniture, game equipment, individual, lick, mortal, move, person, piece of furniture, piece of leather, poke, punch, register, reply, respond, response, slug, somebody, someone, soul, table

Part of: boot, dining room, dining-room, shoe

Encyclopedia: Counter, Wood Street