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Definition of countervailing adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

countervailing

adjective

NAmE//ˈkaʊntərˌveɪlɪŋ//

, NAmE//ˌkaʊntərˈveɪlɪŋ//

[only before noun] (formal)

having an equal but opposite effect

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