Counters

noun verb

A deal to swap goods or services.

Meaning

  1. (noun) A deal to swap goods or services.
  2. (noun) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
  3. (noun) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account). “The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column.”
  4. (noun) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
  5. (noun) A contra dance.
  6. (noun) A country dance.
  7. (noun) One who counts “He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.”
  8. (noun) A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
  9. (noun) An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. “He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.”
  10. (noun) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
  11. (noun) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
  12. (noun) A hit counter.

Letter breakdown

  • Counters contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
  • It uses 8 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 10.

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Reader questions

What does Counters mean?

A deal to swap goods or services.

What are the anagrams of Counters?

Valid anagrams: construe, recounts, trounces.

How many letters are in Counters?

Counters has 8 letters.

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