Was heißt »Counter« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv »Counter« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

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The last time Dave saw Danielle was one summer evening through the window of a chip shop: she was inside, squinting at the price list on the wall behind the counter, and he was in the street on his way to the pub with Teresa, his new girlfriend.
The ticket machine is out of order. We'll have to queue up at the counter.
Tom lost possession, and the opposition launched a counter-attack.
He left the beef out on the counter to thaw.
Tom filled the shopping trolley with sweets while his mother stood at the meat counter.
He was working behind the counter.
He had to join the queue for the ticket counter.
He had to queue for the ticket counter.
He had to join the queue at the ticket counter.
He had to queue up at the ticket counter.
Let me answer that question with a counter-question: Who cares?
Tom was standing behind the counter.
Where can I find the American Airlines counter?
Where's the information counter?
Sami was standing behind the counter.
That counter there.
This is completely counter-productive.
The cake is cooling on the counter.
The dough is stuck to the counter.
There is a basket full of bananas on the counter.