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Cheque stub
Answer for the clue "Cheque stub ", 11 letters:
counterfoil
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the part of a check that is retained as a record [syn: stub , check stub ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterfoil \Coun"ter*foil`\ (-foil), n. [Counter- + foil a leaf.] That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Both the counterfoil and the voting slip have identical numbers printed on them similar to a cloakroom or raffle tickets. ▪ I enclose the one-way ticket counterfoil as proof of purchase, and look forward to hearing from you. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub
Usage examples of counterfoil.
For Comus this first-night performance, with its brilliant gathering of spectators, its groups and coteries of lively talkers, even its counterfoil of dull chatterers, its pervading atmosphere of stage and social movement, and its intruding undercurrent of political flutter, all this composed a tragedy in which he was the chief character.
Gyp, who was sitting at her bureau, seemed to be adding up the counterfoils in her cheque-book.
It contained various toiletries, a pair of espadrilles, some soiled shirts, a dead passport (the young blond face erect with classic vanity), and a travel pouch full of loose matter: credit-card counterfoils, bills, used tickets, a slip of note-paper letterheaded the Cymbeline, Stratford-on-Avon, with a telephone number and appointment time on one side and a message from Selina on the other.