comptoir.
a counter, countertop (as of a store or bank)
Meaning & usage
a counter, countertop (as of a store or bank)
comptoir de crème glacée
a trading post in overseas colonies
a cartel, a cartel agreement
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French comptoir, comtoir, contoir (also comptoer, contoer, comptouer, contouer), from compter, conter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument suffix”) calquing earlier Medieval Latin computātōrium. By surface analysis, compter + -oir.
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