Usually means: Offsetting; balancing against an opposite.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word countervailing:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. countervailing: Merriam-Webster
  2. countervailing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. countervailing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Countervailing, countervailing: Wordnik
  5. countervailing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. countervailing: Wiktionary
  7. Countervailing, countervailing: Dictionary.com
  8. Countervailing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. countervailing: Rhymezone
  10. Countervailing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. countervailing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. countervailing: FreeDictionary.org
  13. countervailing: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. countervailing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. countervailing: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (formal) Compensating with equal force.

Similar:
counteractive, compensative, offsetting, anticompensation, counterbalanced, countermoving, contrabalanced, anticonflict, counterattractive, counterpositional, more...

Opposite:
supportive, reinforcing, complementary, corroborating

Types:
opposing, contrary, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contravening, more...

Phrases:
countervailing power, countervailing duty, countervailing duties, countervailing force, more...

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Similar:
counteractive, compensative, offsetting, anticompensation, counterbalanced, countermoving, contrabalanced, anticonflict, counterattractive, counterpositional, more...

Opposite:
supportive, reinforcing, complementary, corroborating

Types:
opposing, contrary, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contravening, more...

Phrases:
countervailing power, countervailing duty, countervailing duties, countervailing force, more...



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