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compter

/ˈkɒmptə/

compter noun: a counter (token used for keeping count).

Noun

compter (plural compters)

  1. (obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).
    • Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? […] I cannot do't without compters.1623, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
  2. (historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
    • Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.2003, John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Oxford University Press, page 284

Forms of compter

pluralcompters

Questions about compter

What does compter mean?
Compter means a counter (token used for keeping count).
What part of speech is compter?
Compter is a noun.
How do you pronounce compter?
Compter is pronounced /ˈkɒmptə/.
What is the plural of compter?
The plural of compter is compters.

Words near compter in the dictionary

  1. compt
  2. compt.
  3. Comptche
  4. compte rendu
  5. compted
  6. compter
  7. compters
  8. comptes rendus
  9. comptessa
  10. CompTIA
  11. comptible

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