Counter (furniture)

As a counter ( Greek: θήκη counter, Latin theca " container ", " crate " ) the table-like separation between staff and customers in restaurants is ( counter ) or commercial premises ( counter, counter ) refers to the transfer of goods and the payment is made.

In ancient Greek the counter appears as a verbal component - library in some names for public and private institutions in which something is kept, eg library, disco, video library. Are comparable word formations with bank, eg database, blood bank, library.