An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
The word "counter" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it as both a noun and a verb. Example sentence: She kept a counter of the number of hours she worked.
But it will be one strong strand in any argument to counter the really fundamental question of the pre-election period – whether a coalition produces the worst of all possible worlds.
On the outside it looks like a small, old-world liquor store, but forget yourself, walk right behind the counter, take a seat in the front room or the hallway (complete with discrete exit to a side street), knock back some drinks and chat with owner Dilip and the locals.
So this year, we're publishing our second annual "it's happening" gallery designed to inspire, excite and counter the insidious narrative from the climate sceptics and go-slowers, that the UK is engaged in some kind of unique and isolated climate folly.
This result gives Turkey's Kurds and the other voters who deserted the AKP and flocked to the HDP banner an unprecedented national platform from which to counter the neo-Islamist AKP's assault on Turkey's secular tradition, which has gathered pace in recent years.
As an environmentalist, and someone who believes that everyone in this world has a right to a healthy and nutritious diet of their choosing, I could not have chosen a more counter-productive path.
According to the New York Times, 30 specialists from the state department, FBI and Pentagon, with medical, intelligence, counter-terrorism and communications expertise, have been sent to Nigeria.
The review was aimed at achieving a more rigorous approach to who should get counter-terrorism money, and what it regards as Labour's bungling.
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