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counterpart definition

counter·part (-pärt′)

noun

  1. a person or thing that corresponds to or closely resembles another, as in form or function
  2. a thing which, when added to another, completes or complements it
  3. a copy or duplicate, as of a lease

Etymology: ME countrepart: see counter- & part

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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