countercheck
Americannoun
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a check that opposes or restrains.
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a check controlling or confirming another check.
verb (used with object)
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to oppose or restrain (a tendency, force, trend, etc.) by contrary action.
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to control or confirm by a second check.
noun
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a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
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a restraint that reinforces another restraint
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a double check, as for accuracy
verb
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to oppose by counteraction
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to control or restrain by a second check
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to double-check
Etymology
Origin of countercheck
Example Sentences
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Comptroller General McCarl has not had authority to check and countercheck the expenditure of Federal emergency appropriations, nor has Budget Director Douglas had power to plan their spending.
From Time Magazine Archive
To have his keys to count and countercheck.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
It was not possible more cleverly to meet every difficulty, to countercheck every contingency, than by this subtle scheme.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
He is forbidden, in fact, to be himself a good citizen; forbidden to be anything more than the colourless instrument of a system of compromise and countercheck.
From Irish Books and Irish People by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
Therefore, as I leave you some fading pelf to countercheck poverty, so I will bequeath you infallible precepts that shall lead you unto virtue.
From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Baldwin, Edward Chauncey
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