Compter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒmptə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Compter is a noun meaning (obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).
Meaning
(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).
More Meanings
- (historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
Example Sentences
Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.
Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? […] I cannot do't without compters.
Word Forms
- compters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include numeracy, count, beginning, effective, leave, counte.
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