Countervail Definition
kountər-vāl, kountər-vāl
countervails
verb
countervails
To avail (against)
Webster's New World
To act against with equal force; counteract.
American Heritage
To make up for; compensate.
Webster's New World
To counteract; be successful, useful, etc. against; avail against.
Webster's New World
To match or equal.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Countervail
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Middle English countrevaillen from Old French contrevaloir contrevail- contre- counter- valoir to be worth (from Latin valēre to be strong wal- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman countrevaloir (= Old French contrevaloir), from Latin contrā valēre (“to be worth against”).
From Wiktionary
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