Countervailing - definition of countervailing by The Free Dictionary To act against an often detrimental influence or power [Middle English countrevaillen, from Old French contrevaloir, contrevail- : contre-, counter- + valoir, to be worth (from Latin valēre, to be strong; see wal- in Indo-European roots) ] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
countervailing - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective countervailing (comparative more countervailing, superlative most countervailing) (formal) Compensating with equal force Synonyms: counteracting, counterbalancing countervailing duty
Countervailing power - Wikipedia Countervailing power, or countervailance, is the idea in political theory which suggests that the wielding of power by two or more groups, centers, or sets of interests within a polity can, and often does, yield beneficial effects through productive opposition and containment between opposing forces
COUNTERVAIL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com To countervail is to counteract, counterbalance, or neutralize This verb is best known to us in the form of its participle countervailing, which gets far more time in the limelight as an adjective than countervail gets as a verb