counter-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
counter-/ˈkaʊntə(r)/
▶prefix denoting opposition, retaliation, or rivalry: counter-attack.
■ denoting movement or effect in the opposite direction: counterpoise.
■ denoting correspondence, duplication, or substitution: counterpart.
– origin from Anglo-Norman Fr. countre-, OFr. contre, from L. contra ‘against’.
'counter-' also found in these Oxford entries:
athwart
- bar
- bean counter
- buffet
- cash desk
- check
- chip
- contra
- count
- counter
- counter
- counter
- counter-attack
- counter-attraction
- counter-espionage
- counter-insurgency
- counter-intelligence
- counter-intuitive
- Counter-Reformation
- counter-revolution
- counter-transference
- countervailing duty
- desk
- era
- Geiger counter
- jetton
- MI5
- MI6
- OTC
- plaque
- recount
- rev counter
- scintigraphy
- SEAL
- servery
- slab
- soda fountain
- table
- tiddlywink
- wet bar
- white
- white knight
