Obs. [COUNTER- 8.] That part of a tally retained by the payee: see quot.
1706. [see COUNTERFOIL].
1708. J. Chamberlayne, St. Gt. Brit., I. II. xiii. (1743), 123. The Tally being cloven asunder … one Part thereof, called the Stock, is delivered to the Party that pays the money, and the other part, called Counterstock, or Counterfoil remains with them.
