'Counterfoil' definitions:
Definition of 'counterfoil'
(from WordNet)
noun
The part of a check that is retained as a record [syn: stub, check stub, counterfoil]
Definition of 'Counterfoil'
From: GCIDE
- Counterfoil \Coun"ter*foil`\ (-foil), n. [Counter- + foil a leaf.] [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]