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count·er [ kówntər ] (plural coun·ters)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. device that counts: a device that counts automatically

2. somebody who counts: somebody whose job is to count something such as votes

[14th century. Partly via Anglo-Norman count(e)our, Old French conteor< Latin computator< computare "reckon together"; partly <count1]
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