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countervail

[koun-ter-veyl]

verb (used with object)

  1. to act or avail against with equal power, force, or effect; counteract.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. to furnish an equivalent of or a compensation for; offset.

  3. Archaic.to equal.



verb (used without object)

  1. to be of equal force in opposition; avail.

countervail

/ ˌkaʊntəˈveɪl, ˈkaʊntəˌveɪl /

verb

  1. to act or act against with equal power or force

  2. (tr) to make up for; compensate; offset

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • uncountervailed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of countervail1

1350–1400; Middle English contrevailen < Anglo-French countrevail-, tonic stem (subjunctive) of countrevaloir to equal, be comparable to < Latin phrase DzԳٰ ŧ to be of worth against (someone or something). See counter-, -valent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of countervail1

C14: from Old French contrevaloir, from Latin DzԳٰ ŧ, from DzԳٰ against + ŧ to be strong
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Example Sentences

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But COVID, for me, felt like when the last link was cut, this old idea of democracy, that it could be sort of a countervailing force against power, tech, finance.

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The countervailing and anti-dumping duties, as these tariffs are known, vary between companies and the countries their products are made in.

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Some companies are moving their production into countries that are not on the anti-dumping or countervailing tax lists of the U.S.

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Constant sorrow coexists with countervailing strength and perseverance.

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That they, too, can claim reality is whatever they want it to be, and relish how much it "triggers" the liberals to keep insisting on a lie in the face of countervailing evidence.

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