homage. n. an honor, tribute, or respectful reference to someone or something. The word is pronounced OM-ij or HOM-ij, not oe-MAZH, as is popular in the entertainment industry. This erroneous pronunciation came about when people starting thinking the word was French and wanted to sound sophisticated. The word is not French. It comes from Middle English, then from Old French, which was not pronounced the same as modern French. The French word for homage is  hommage  (with two m's).
counter noun [ C ] (SURFACE) âº a long, flat, narrow surface in a store, bank, restaurant, etc., at which people are served: He sat down at the counter of the diner and ordered a cup of coffee. âº A counter is also a flat surface in a kitchen on which food can be prepared.
counter-argument noun [C]. âº an âargument against another âargument, âidea, or âsuggestion. (Definition of counter-argument from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).y Kate Woodford, As part of our occasional series on idioms used in or in relation to business, we look today at the important area of making projects happen â getting projects started, making progress with those projects and, as sometimes happens, failing to make progress.