How do you use the word "counter" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "counter": Is there an information counter? Where is the counter to pay my bill?

Counter Meaning

/ˈkaʊn.tə/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounOne who counts.

nounA reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.

Sentence Examples

Is there an information counter?

Where is the counter to pay my bill?

I asked the woman behind the counter if they had any postcards.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

negative foresee anticipate

Antonyms:

neutral positive

CEFR Practice Quiz

He set the hot pan on the granite kitchen ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Is there an information ____?

Word Origin & History

Inherited from Middle English countour, from Old French conteor (French comptoir), from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, equivalent to count + -er. Doublet of cantore, computer, and kontor.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed." — 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:

"With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable." — 2006, Matthew MacDonald, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional, page 49:

"He remaynes prisonner in the Counter in Woodstrete in the hole, by the contagiousing wherof he is lyke to perishe" — 1590, John Greenwood, Christopher Bowman's Petition:

"running counter to all the rules of virtue" — 1693, [John Locke], “§94”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:

"She hated being pregnant; it ran counter to everything she wanted from her body" — 2004, Bee Lavender, Maia Rossini, Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts:

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