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countervail

Meaning of "countervail" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COUNTERVAIL

From Old French contrevaloir, from Latin contrā valēre, from contrā against + valēre to be strong.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTERVAIL

ˌkaʊntəˈveɪl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTERVAIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Countervail is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb countervail in English.

WHAT DOES COUNTERVAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of countervail in the English dictionary

The definition of countervail in the dictionary is when intr, usually foll by against to act or act against with equal power or force. Other definition of countervail is to make up for; compensate; offset.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COUNTERVAIL

PRESENT

Present
I countervail
you countervail
he/she/it countervails
we countervail
you countervail
they countervail
Present continuous
I am countervailing
you are countervailing
he/she/it is countervailing
we are countervailing
you are countervailing
they are countervailing
Present perfect
I have countervailed
you have countervailed
he/she/it has countervailed
we have countervailed
you have countervailed
they have countervailed
Present perfect continuous
I have been countervailing
you have been countervailing
he/she/it has been countervailing
we have been countervailing
you have been countervailing
they have been countervailing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I countervailed
you countervailed
he/she/it countervailed
we countervailed
you countervailed
they countervailed
Past continuous
I was countervailing
you were countervailing
he/she/it was countervailing
we were countervailing
you were countervailing
they were countervailing
Past perfect
I had countervailed
you had countervailed
he/she/it had countervailed
we had countervailed
you had countervailed
they had countervailed
Past perfect continuous
I had been countervailing
you had been countervailing
he/she/it had been countervailing
we had been countervailing
you had been countervailing
they had been countervailing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will countervail
you will countervail
he/she/it will countervail
we will countervail
you will countervail
they will countervail
Future continuous
I will be countervailing
you will be countervailing
he/she/it will be countervailing
we will be countervailing
you will be countervailing
they will be countervailing
Future perfect
I will have countervailed
you will have countervailed
he/she/it will have countervailed
we will have countervailed
you will have countervailed
they will have countervailed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been countervailing
you will have been countervailing
he/she/it will have been countervailing
we will have been countervailing
you will have been countervailing
they will have been countervailing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would countervail
you would countervail
he/she/it would countervail
we would countervail
you would countervail
they would countervail
Conditional continuous
I would be countervailing
you would be countervailing
he/she/it would be countervailing
we would be countervailing
you would be countervailing
they would be countervailing
Conditional perfect
I would have countervail
you would have countervail
he/she/it would have countervail
we would have countervail
you would have countervail
they would have countervail
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been countervailing
you would have been countervailing
he/she/it would have been countervailing
we would have been countervailing
you would have been countervailing
they would have been countervailing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you countervail
we let´s countervail
you countervail
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to countervail
Past participle
countervailed
Present Participle
countervailing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTERVAIL

avail · overveil · paravail · prevail · re-avail · surveil · surveille · travail · unveil · vail · vale · veil

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTERVAIL

countertendency · countertenor · counterterror · counterterrorism · counterthreat · counterthrust · countertop · countertrade · countertrend · countertype · countervailable · countervailing · countervailing duty · counterview · counterviolence · counterweigh · counterweight · counterweighted · counterword · counterwork

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTERVAIL

Abigail · bail · cocktail · detail · e-mail · fail · get out of jail · go into detail · hail · jail · mail · nail · on the nail · rail · retail · sail · tail · thumbnail · trail · webmail

Synonyms and antonyms of countervail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «countervail» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF COUNTERVAIL

Find out the translation of countervail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of countervail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «countervail» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

compensatorias
570 millions of speakers
en

English

countervail
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

countervail
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يعوض
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

countervail
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

countervail
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভারসাম্য রক্ষা করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

compensateurs
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Countervail
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Countervail
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

countervail
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

대항력
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Countervail
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làn cân bằng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

எதிரீடு செய்ய உதவு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिवाद करणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

denklemek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

compensare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wyrównawczych
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

countervail
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

compensatorii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντισταθμιστικά μέτρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

compenseren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utjämna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motvirke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of countervail

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERVAIL»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about countervail

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERVAIL»

Discover the use of countervail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to countervail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Canadian Foreign Policy and International Economic Regimes
Canada has its own trade relief legislation, and it was in fact the first country to introduce anti-dumping duties in 1904.35 Until the mid19805, Canada relied on anti-dumping rather than on countervail legislation to protect its producers.
A. Claire Cutler, 2007
2
The Reading Teacher's Word-a-Day: 180 Ready-to-Use Lessons ...
The word countervail means “to oppose or exert a force against” something: “The enemy had a countervailing force protecting the river.” “Countervailing his tendency to love was his tendency to hate.” Countervail also has another meaning: to ...
Edward B. Fry, Ph.D., 2008
3
Water and Free Trade: The Mulroney Government's Agenda for ...
To stop this "cheating," special countervail and injury clauses permitted American firms to tie up their foreign competitors in the courts and eventually to have compensatory tariffs levied against their exports to the United States. Viewed from the ...
Wendy Holm, 1988
4
Canada-United States Trade in Forest Products
It is also noteworthy that the major forest industry union, the International Woodworkers of America, differed with the industry on the countervail issue. It did not actively oppose the countervail, and when the settlement was reached it supported ...
Russell S. Uhler, 2011
5
Flexible Crossroads: The Restructuring of British Columbia's ...
Table 7.3 Chronology of American countervail action against Canadian softwood lumber imports, 1981-96 Dispute 1 1981 1982 October 1982 May 1983 Dispute 2 September 1985 May 1986 June 1986 August 1986 October 1986 November ...
Roger Hayter, 2011
6
The Free Trade Papers
The firm concerned would no doubt alter its marketing strategy, but one can see that in this situation the threat of Canadian countervail is not likely to stop firms from accepting U.S. subsidies or to force them to make uneconomic production and ...
Duncan Cameron, 1986
7
The World Trading System: Administered protection
The U.S. Trade Act of 1974 contained significant amendments to the American countervail regime, the effect of which was to energize the negotiation of subsidies/countervail issues in the Tokyo Round. The most important change in the U.S. ...
Robert Howse, 1998
8
Canada's Information Revolution
Countervail. As indicated at the outset, the information technology sector will likely be impacted by the remaining Canada-U.S. negotiations under the Free Trade Agreement. In both Canada and the United States federal and provincial ...
David W. Conklin, Conference on Information Technology: Globalization, Diffusion, Innovation and Retraining (1989 : Toronto, Ont.), Lucie Deschênes, 1991
9
American Quarterly Review
The Convention admit “ that Congress may countervail the regulations of a foreign power, which may be hostile to our commerce.” Is not this itself a very general and unlimited power, requiring the exercise of the highest discretion? Does not ...
10
the american quarterly review
The Convention admit " that Congress may countervail the regulations of a foreign power, which may be hostile to our commerce." Is not this itself a very general and unlimited power, requiring the exercise of the highest discretion ? Does not ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERVAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term countervail is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The GOP's four advantages
To countervail these four disadvantages, the Democrats rely upon a single advantage: the rise of the so-called "emerging electorate" of ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
2
Tour de France bikes 2015: Wilco Kelderman's Bianchi Aquila CV …
Needless to say, aerodynamics are key to the Aquila but CV refers to Bianchi's comfort-boosting Countervail technology, borrowed from the ... «RoadCyclingUK, Jul 15»
3
The Global African: Right-Wing Extremism & Who Stole the Soul
... but previously, of course, we tried to make international connections to lengthen the battlefield, to countervail these ultra right wing forces. «The Real News Network, Jul 15»
4
Businesses need to get familiar with trade remedial measures
The duty is meant to offset (countervail) the subsidy on manufacturing and exporting of the product. Like the two other remedial measures, ... «Financial Express Bangladesh, Jul 15»
5
China's Cutthroat Academic Competition Is Ruining a …
Both the keju and the gaokao are tools to countervail nepotism and inherited wealth. In 2011, Feng Junqi, a sociology Ph.D. at Peking ... «Foreign Policy, Jun 15»
6
VERONIQUE DE RUGY: Shut down the Export-Import Bank
They argue that the bank promotes small business, improves exports, is indispensable to countervail foreign export subsidies, and supports ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»
7
US starts inquiry into steel imports from India, 4 others
According to a joint statement by the six steel makers, the foreign producers benefit from numerous countervail-able subsidies. They identify 48 ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jun 15»
8
Judy Asks: Is Populism Destroying Europe From Within?
Illiberal policies would countervail the EU's soft power of individual freedoms and open markets. Populist parties tend to be isolationist and ... «Carnegie Europe, Jun 15»
9
After the terror in Charleston, changing culture and policy together
... and sustained as best they might the authority of the Constitution, would the circumstance of one man displaying a rebel flag countervail such ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
10
Australian academic recommends privacy protection laws regarding …
“There is a need to protect individual identity and autonomy through enactment of appropriate laws to countervail the potential threats to privacy ... «Biometric Update, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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