Meaning
The long flat surface in a shop, bank, or kitchen where people are served or where work is done.
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Word origin
From Medieval Latin computatorium, a place for counting money, from computare, to count.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- computare
- English cognates
- count, compute
Examples
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The counter is where the shop takes your money.
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A kitchen counter is the flat surface where you prepare food.
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"Behind the counter" means on the worker's side of it.
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