countercheck
Example Sentences
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Comptroller General McCarl has not had authority to check and countercheck the expenditure of Federal emergency appropriations, nor has Budget Director Douglas had power to plan their spending.
From Time Magazine Archive
To have his keys to count and countercheck.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Every check and countercheck is used, which slowness of proceeding, or a repetition of it in other stages and under different forms, can effect.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
This countercheck I wasn't aware of, Sittah; My queen must fall the sacrifice.
From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by Taylor, William
We are, indeed, very fond of range, and if there is check, there should be countercheck; and in this view we are delighted to see these great Italians domesticated here.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
