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Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
  2. noun game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
  3. noun a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

Etymology

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.

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