bargain counter |
a counter in a store that is stocked with items to be sold at reduced prices. |
counter check |
a check available at a bank to customers with accounts, for making withdrawals. |
Counter Reformation |
an aggressive campaign by the Roman Catholic Church in the sixteenth century that was aimed at countering the effects in Europe of the Protestant Reformation. |
counter word |
(chiefly American) a commonly used word whose current meanings have little relationship to its original meaning, such as "nice" or "terrible". |
Geiger counter |
an instrument that detects radiation by means of a gas that ionizes when in the presence of radioactive emanations, and that also measures it by a device that counts the electrical pulses emitted by the ionized gas. |
over the counter |
from or by a stockbroker as opposed to the stock exchange. |
over-the-counter |
of drugs or medication, legally available for purchase without a prescription. [2 definitions] |
under the counter |
secretively, esp. in order to evade the law. |
under-the-counter |
secret or illegal, as sales or payments; under-the-table. |