Definition of Countervailing

1. Verb. (present participle of countervail) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Countervailing

1. countervail [v] - See also: countervail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countervailing

countertransference
countertransferences
countertransport
countertrend
countertrends
countertrippant
countertripping
counterturn
counterturns
countertype
countertypes
countervail
countervailability
countervailable
countervailed
countervailing (current term)
countervailing duties
countervailing duty
countervails
countervair
countervallation
countervallations
counterview
counterviewpoint
counterviewpoints
counterviews
counterviolence
countervirus
counterviruses
countervision

Literary usage of Countervailing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Making Free Trade Work: The Canada-U.S. Agreement by Peter Morici (1990)
"The negotiators attempted to resolve the subsidy and countervailing duty issue by seeking agreement on new binational rules and mechanisms governing the use ..."

2. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1904)
"But it is contended that we must meet the tariffs of other nations by countervailing restrictions. That duties upon our exports by foreign nations are ..."

3. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1903)
"But it is contended that we must meet the tariffs of other nations by countervailing restrictions. That duties upon our exports by foreign nations are ..."

4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1850)
"A copy (printed) of our proposed countervailing Duties and of the documents on which they depend shall be forwarded to you next Monday. ..."

5. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1842)
"FREE TRADE FAIRLY RECIPROCATED: OR countervailing PROTECTION TO OUR HOME INTERESTS. ... Impolicy of countervailing Duties, by Condy Raguet, ..."

6. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1897)
"... Repeal of countervailing Duty on Tobacco—King to Erving—Claims of Seamen for Relief—King to Lord Hawkesbury—Has received the Convention ratified, etc. ..."

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