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1.nounA deal to swap goods or services.
2.nounA conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
3.nounAn entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account)."The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column."
4.nounAny of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
5.nounA contra dance.
6.nounA country dance.
7.nounOne who counts"He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100."
8.nounA reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
9.nounAn object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc."He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces."
10.nounA telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
11.nounA variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
12.nounA hit counter.
13.nounA table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted"He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till."
14.nounA shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
15.nounIn a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
16.nounIn a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
17.nounAny stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
18.nounThe prison attached to a city court; a compter.
19.noun(grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
20.nounSomething opposite or contrary to something else.
21.nounA proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent."Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent."
22.nounThe overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
23.nounThe piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
24.nounThe breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
25.nounThe enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
26.nounAn encounter.
27.verbTo contradict, oppose.
28.verbTo return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
29.verbTo take action in response to; to respond.
30.verbTo encounter.