Word (or morpheme) that is used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns.
Sinônimos
Examples for "counter"
Examples for "counter"
1Their colleagues in Congress hope to counter the new rules with legislation.
2An over-the-counter equity market, the New Third Board, saw a similar fate.
3His book is a case study of a counter-insurgency war gone wrong.
4Israel takes in droves of Palestinian refugees fleeing the counter-humanist Palestinian laws.
5PwC partner David Stebbings advised companies to monitor bank counter-party risk daily.
1It may mean counting words, but it may mean something else entirely.
2She didn't think there were even enough counting words for them all.
3How could someone raised by flatheads have any understanding of counting words?
4She remembered the years better her way, but she liked the counting words.
5It made the counting words so much more powerful when used like that.
1I am... She stopped to think of the right counting word.
2Mamut said five was Her counting word of hidden authority.
3We say five is Her sacred counting word.
4Five is also the Mother's sacred counting word.
5The number of fingers on one hand, five, is an important counting word in its own right.
1The measured words of Accountant Somers were still ringing in his ears:
2This is a classic Two-Step move: maintain independence, but use mild, measured words.
3Water, Ivor was thinking, as the measured words flowed over him.
4There was something final and convincing in his companion's measured words.
5We have reached a stage where measured words stand out.
1Then keep your vocabulary clean of bargain- counter words.