counter

:  one that counts; especially :  a device for indicating a number or amount The counter records how many times the website is visited.

1a :  to act in opposition to :  opposeb :  offset, nullify tried to counter the trend toward depersonalization

2 :  to assert in answer We countered that our warnings had been ignored.

:  to meet attacks or arguments with defensive or retaliatory steps

1 :  in an opposite or wrong direction

2 :  to or toward a different or opposite direction, result, or effect values that run counter to those of society

1 :  contrary, opposite

2 :  the after portion of a boat from the waterline to the extreme outward swell or stern overhang

3a :  the act of making an attack while parrying one (as in boxing); also :  a blow thus given in boxingb :  an agency or force that offsets :  check

4 :  a stiffener to give permanent form to a boot or shoe upper around the heel

5 :  an area within the face of a letter wholly or partly enclosed by strokes

6 :  a football play in which the ballcarrier goes in a direction opposite to the movement of the play

1 :  marked by or tending toward or in an opposite direction or effect

2 :  given to or marked by opposition, hostility, or antipathy

3 :  situated or lying opposite the counter side

4 :  recalling or ordering back by a superseding contrary order :  countermanding counter orders from the colonel

1 :  a level surface usually higher than a table that is used especially for selling, serving food, displaying things, or working on

2 :  a piece used in games or to find a total in adding

1 :  a person whose job is to determine a total

2 :  a device for showing a number or amount

1 :  to say in response to something said “I could say the same about you,” he countered.

2 :  to act in opposition to :  oppose She countered with a move that ended the game.

:  in another or opposite direction He will always go counter to advice.

:  an answering or opposing force or blow

1 :  opposite counterclockwise

2 :  opposing

3 :  like :  matching counterpart

4 :  duplicate :  substitute

:  a level surface over which transactions are conducted or food is served or on which goods are displayed or work is conducted a lunch counter