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counterfoil definition

counter·foil (-fo̵il′)

noun

the stub of a check, postal money order, receipt, etc. kept by the issuer as a record of the transaction

Etymology: counter- + foil

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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