countervailing
adjective/ˈkaʊntəveɪlɪŋ/
/ˈkaʊntərveɪlɪŋ/
[only before noun] (formal)- having an equal but opposite effectOxford Collocations DictionaryCountervailing is used with these nouns:
- force
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘be equivalent to in value’): from Anglo-Norman French contrevaloir, from Latin contra valere ‘be of worth against’ + -ing.Definitions on the go
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