Something that is a counter to something else has an opposite effect to it or makes it less effective. NATO's traditional role as a counter to the military might of the Warsaw pact
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe game equipment used in various card or board games the piece of leather that fits the heel (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) a person who counts things speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
If you do something to counter a particular action or process, you do something which has an opposite effect to it or makes it less effective. The leadership discussed a plan of economic measures to counter the effects of such a blockade Sears then countered by filing an antitrust lawsuit
A number on many web pages that will count the number of hits or count the number of times the page has been accessed Basically, it counts the number of people that have visited that page
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc
In the WWW context, a counter is a program that keeps track of the number of visits for a web page The counter is often implemented as a CGI application Often such programs also keep track of other related information, such as IP addresses, times of the day for each visit, browser type, etc
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers