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(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count). / (historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.

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compter

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compter

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkɒmptə/

Noun

obsolete historical

(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count). / (historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.

Japanese Meaning

数を数えるために用いられるカウンター、または、その代わりとして使われる記号（旧来の意味） / 都市裁判所に隣接する刑務所または拘置所（歴史的な意味）

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The curator placed the fragile compter in a glass case with a note explaining its use.

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学芸員は壊れやすい計数用のトークンを展示ケースに入れ、その用途を説明する札を添えた。

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(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count).

Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? […] I cannot do't without compters.

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(historical) A prison attached to a city court; a counter.

Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.

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compters

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