Noun

1. a counter
2. a prison attached to a city court; a counter

   • 2003: Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries. — John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England (Oxford 2003, p. 284)

Etymology

Verb

1. (transitive & intransitive) to count
2. to reckon, allow
3. to include