countervail
IPA: kˈaʊntɝveɪɫ
verb
- (obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
- To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.
- To compensate for.
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Examples of "countervail" in Sentences
- However, revenge effects may still countervail.
- You don't call it countervail, you call it something else.
- Good imported witch-hazel, every twig ensorcelled by a nasty charm called the countervail that gives even more gold to his rich friends.
- Sites closer to the centroid were weighted more heavily than sites far away unless they had some countervailing importance such as being a world capital.
- We cannot solve everything through diplomacy or litigation. This is why we welcome your support for the proposals we have tabled in the Doha Round to strengthen the rules and the disciplines governing the use of anti dumping and countervailing measures.
- Brazil's economic model, which features a strong government infrastructure to regulate the disruptive effects that free markets can have on social institutions, is a post-Bretton Woods system hybrid that features strategic alliances with France and China that countervail turbulent free market influences that have been the hallmark of more than 80 years of having the US as its major trade partner.
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