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countergifts

countergifts is the plural of countergift.

Meaning of countergift

Noun

countergift (plural countergifts)

  1. A gift given in response to a gift received.
    • Whether the advice contained in this Envoy was or was not followed, is of no importance; but it certainly was the occasion of a counter-gift of a memorandum-book, possibly too fine a one for use […]1838, Charles Armitage Brown, Shakespeare’s Autobiographical Poems, page 78

Questions about countergifts

What is countergifts the plural of?
Countergifts is the plural of countergift.

Words near countergifts in the dictionary

  1. countergambit
  2. countergambits
  3. countergesture
  4. countergestures
  5. countergift
  6. countergifts
  7. countergirl
  8. countergirls
  9. counterglow
  10. counterglows
  11. countergovernance

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