2. Verb. (third-person singular of countercheck) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterchecks
1. countercheck [v] - See also: countercheck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterchecks
Literary usage of Counterchecks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation by Samuel Bennett (1867)
"Under its operation, order and regularity were introduced, it is true, but the
complicated system of checks and counterchecks, and the multiplication of ..."
2. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1891)
"... and counterchecks, your lordships will have observed that the mode itself is
... and that the checks and counterchecks, instead of being put upon one ..."
3. The Christian Science Journal by Mary Baker Eddy (1911)
"... these tendencies are often accompanied by tremendous exhibitions of energy,
but they are all accompanied by counterchecks whose opposing tendencies ..."
4. Investment Analysis: Fundamentals in the Analysis of Investment Securities by Walter Edwards Lagerquist (1921)
"... of the railroad mileage may destroy the value of any comparison of a fixed
standard—a fact which necessitates continual verifications and counterchecks. ..."
5. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1857)
"... the checks and counterchecks, instead of being put upon one another to prevent
abuse, are put upon each other to prevent discovery and te fortify abuse. ..."
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