Countervail is an English word with synonyms like offset or cancel. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Countervail meaning
- To have the same value or number as.
- To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.
- To compensate for.
Synonyms of Countervail
Using Countervail
- The main meaning on this page is: To have the same value or number as. | To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate. | To compensate for.
- Useful related words include: offset, cancel, counterbalance, neutralize.
- In the example corpus, countervail often appears in combinations such as: to countervail, countervail the.
Context around Countervail
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Countervail
- In this selection, "countervail" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, austria stand out and add context to how "countervail" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include county to countervail the borough and that to countervail austria s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "countervail" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with countervail
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He instead proposed that a third member be added to each county, to countervail the borough influence. (17 words)
To countervail the threat of smuggling, the tax was to be collected not at ports but at warehouses. (18 words)
He became convinced that to countervail Austria's newly restored influence, Prussia would have to ally herself with other German states. (21 words)
He became convinced that to countervail Austria's newly restored influence, Prussia would have to ally herself with other German states. (21 words)
To countervail the threat of smuggling, the tax was to be collected not at ports but at warehouses. (18 words)
He instead proposed that a third member be added to each county, to countervail the borough influence. (17 words)
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.
Common combinations with countervail
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to countervail 3×
- countervail the 2×