Usage of "counter word"

Word (or morpheme) that is used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns.

Sinónimos

Examples for "counter"

Their colleagues in Congress hope to counter the new rules with legislation. 
 Reuters 

An over-the-counter equity market, the New Third Board, saw a similar fate. 
 Reuters 

His book is a case study of a counter-insurgency war gone wrong. 
 The Irish Times 

Israel takes in droves of Palestinian refugees fleeing the counter-humanist Palestinian laws. 
 The South African 

PwC partner David Stebbings advised companies to monitor bank counter-party risk daily. 
 Reuters 

It may mean counting words, but it may mean something else entirely. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

She didn't think there were even enough counting words for them all. 
 The Shelters of Stone 

How could someone raised by flatheads have any understanding of counting words? 
 The Valley of Horses 

She remembered the years better her way, but she liked the counting words. 
 The Valley of Horses 

It made the counting words so much more powerful when used like that. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

I am... She stopped to think of the right counting word. 
 The Mammoth Hunters 

Mamut said five was Her counting word of hidden authority. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

We say five is Her sacred counting word. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

Five is also the Mother's sacred counting word. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

The number of fingers on one hand, five, is an important counting word in its own right. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

The measured words of Accountant Somers were still ringing in his ears: 
 The Midnight Passenger : A Novel 

This is a classic Two-Step move: maintain independence, but use mild, measured words. 
 Reuters 

Water, Ivor was thinking, as the measured words flowed over him. 
 The darkest road 

There was something final and convincing in his companion's measured words. 
 The Great Prince Shan 

We have reached a stage where measured words stand out. 
 The Irish Times 

Uso de counter word en inglés

Then keep your vocabulary clean of bargain- counter words. 
 Lady Baltimore 

Significados de counter word en inglés