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Definition of countervailing adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

countervailing

adjective
 
/ˈkaʊntəveɪlɪŋ/
 
/ˈkaʊntərveɪlɪŋ/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. having an equal but opposite effect
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCountervailing is used with these nouns:
    • force
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    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.
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