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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Countervailing (0.00832 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Countervailing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: countervailing
countervailing
adj 1: compensating for [syn:
offsetting,
compensatory,
compensative]
2: acting against with equal force or influence
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Countervailing
Countervail
\Coun`ter*vail"\ (koun`t?r-v?l"), v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Countervailed (-v?ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Countervailing.] [OF. contrevaloir; contre (L. contra) +
valoir to avail, fr. L. valere to be strong, avail. See
Vallant.]
To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart
or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or
for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
[1913 Webster]
Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will
hardly countervail the inconveniences that go allong
with it. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
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