counter-roll en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + roll; compare control and comptroller.
Meanings
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(UK, obsolete) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
It consists in making a counter roll, […]or transcript of the annual or Great Roll of the Pipe of the preceding year
1830, George Price, A Treatise on the law of the Exchequer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counter-rolls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |