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- noun Plural form of
counterfoil .
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Examples
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One hand was full of papers, tickets, counterfoils of tourists.
Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006
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Her father then insisted upon her looking over his checkbook and reading the counterfoils.
The Woodlanders 2006
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"While opening the sealed boxes and recounting the actual ballots is quite straightforward, we expect quite a chaos regarding the accompanying lists from the 1168 polling stations and we also must reconcile the counterfoils of the ballot papers with the votes cast", Engelbrecht added.
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The amended law will enable the panel of international experts to inspect ballot papers, ballot envelopes and counterfoils and any other restricted documents used in the election.
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Serial numbers appeared only on the counterfoils and not on the ballot papers themselves.
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According to the Weekly Mail and Guardian report, an employee had seen cheque counterfoils relating to three separate occassions during the second half of last year when Mkhize had written herself cheques ranging between about R3000 and R5000 for services rendered to the trust.
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The counterfoils will be numbered sequentially as a security measure so returning officers can balance the number of ballot papers received at a voting station with the number of ballots cast.
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Do you check your bank statement with your cheque counterfoils and paying-in slips?
3. BOOKKEEPING 1986
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On the other hand, he always carried the "stub" of the cheque-book which had seen him to the apogee of his meteoric career, and a glance at its counterfoils (by his express invitation) was well worth the price of a drink or two.
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One or two of the figures in an account book and on the back of the counterfoils of his cheque book made me open my eyes; clearly I should have to have a talk with the bank manager first thing next morning.
A Town Like Alice Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1950
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