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
The countercheck was effectual, and from her position of vantage the lady fired her first shot.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
This countercheck I wasn't aware of, Sittah; My queen must fall the sacrifice.
From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by William Taylor
We are, indeed, very fond of range, and if there is check, there should be countercheck; and in this view we are delighted to see these great Italians domesticated here.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
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