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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessouche
Pronunciation / Transliteration: soosh
"Il a gardé la souche du chèque."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A part of a receipt, cheque, or ticket that is retained by the issuer as a record after the other part has been given to the recipient.
"He carefully filled out the stub and kept the counterfoil for his tax records." - 2
A complementary or corresponding duplicate part of a document.
"The ballot paper was torn along the perforation, leaving the counterfoil in the book."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'countre-', from Old French, combined with 'foile' (leaf or sheet), influenced by 'counter-' to mean a matching part. Historically used in financial and legal contexts to describe the corresponding piece of a ticket, receipt, or cheque retained as a record.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Counterfoil" is said worldwide
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souche
Transliteration: soosh
"Il a gardé la souche du chèque."
Abschnitt
Transliteration: abshnit
"Bewahren Sie den Abschnitt als Beleg auf."
madre
Transliteration: madre
"Ha conservato la matrice del biglietto."
matriz
Transliteration: matriz
"Guarda la matriz del cheque para tus registros."
canhoto
Transliteration: kanyoto
"Ele guardou o canhoto do recibo."
पर्ची
Transliteration: parchi
"उसने रसीद की पर्ची अपने पास रख ली।"
存根
Transliteration: cún gēn
"请保留支票存根以便对账。"
영수증의뢰서
Transliteration: yeongsujeung uiriseo
Script: 영수증
"그는 수표의 영수증 부분을 보관했다."
半券
Transliteration: hanken
"入場券の半券を切り取る。"
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