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counterfoil

noun as in stub

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Example Sentences

But modernity, its machines, objectivity and industry, produced its counterfoil within Holmes as well.

The counterfoil of a tradesman's paying-in book showed £100 with which he was not credited in the books of the bank.

Yes, there was the counterfoil, fresh as a new wound, from which indeed his bank account was profusely bleeding.

Idly I picked up the cheque-book—and absently fingered the leaves—then my eye caught a counterfoil where I had chanced to open it.

In the face of this, Falder, do you still deny that you altered both cheque and counterfoil?

Very well, then, how do you account for the fact that this nought was added to the nine in the counterfoil on or after Tuesday?

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On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to counterfoil, such as: certificate, voucher, cancellation, chit, declaration, and discharge.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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