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Countervail

Countervail | Countervailing

Countervail meaning

To have the same value or number as. | To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate. | To compensate for.

Example sentences (3)

He became convinced that to countervail Austria's newly restored influence, Prussia would have to ally herself with other German states.

He instead proposed that a third member be added to each county, to countervail the borough influence.

To countervail the threat of smuggling, the tax was to be collected not at ports but at warehouses.