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counterapplication

noun

Etymology

From counter- + application.

  1. derived from applicātiōnem
  2. derived from aplicacion
  3. inherited from applicacioun
  4. prefixed as counterapplication — “counter + application”

Definitions

  1. A legal request opposing an application by another party.

    • The nightclub owner applied for longer opening hours, but the police filed a counterapplication on the grounds that she had been breaching the conditions of the existing licence.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for counterapplication. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA