Sakin Stall

A counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served, the place where customers go to be served or to buy goods in a store: Please pay at the counte, a piece (as of metal or plastic) used in counting or in games. : a level surface (as a table) over which business is done or food is served or on which goods are displayed. counter, counterorder (plural counterorders) An order (command) made in opposition to a previous one, diom. of a thing, such as a belief or theory. : to be opposed to : to disagree with. His theory ran counter to the beliefs of his time, It entered Old French sometime in the 1300s as contoeur (from comptoir), and was used to describe the table where sales and banking occurred, where things were counted by a counter.