English-Thai Dictionary

countervail

VT ชดเชย  compensate make up for chod-chei

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTERVAIL

v.t.[counter and L., to avail or be strong. ] To act against with equal force, or power; to equal; to act with equivalent effect against any thing; to balance; to compensate. The profit will hardly countervail the inconveniences.
Although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. Esther 7:4.

 

COUNTERVAIL

n.Equal weight or strength; power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight or value; compensation; requital.

 

COUNTERVAILED

pp. Acted against with equal force or power; balanced; compensated.

 

COUNTERVAILING

ppr. Opposing with equal strength or value; balancing; obviating an effect.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUNTERVAIL

Coun `ter *vail " (koun `tr-vl "), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countervailed (-vld ); p. pr. & vb. n. Countervailing. ] Etym: [OF. contrevaloir; contre (L. contra ) + valoir to avail, fr. L. valere to be strong, avail. See Vallant.]

 

Defn: To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate. Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go allong with it. L'Estrange.

 

COUNTERVAIL

COUNTERVAIL Coun "ter *vail ` (koun "tr-vl `), n.

 

Defn: Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital. [Obs. ] Surely, the present pleasure of a sinful act is a poor countervail for the bitterness of the review. South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

countervail

coun ter vail |ˌkountərˈvāl ˈkaʊntərveɪl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. countervailing ) offset the effect of (something ) by countering it with something of equal force: the dominance of the party was mediated by a number of countervailing factors. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘be equivalent to in value, compensate for ’): from Anglo-Norman French contrevaloir, from Latin contra valere ‘be of worth against. ’

 

countervailing duty

coun ter vail ing du ty ▶noun an import tax imposed on certain goods in order to prevent dumping or counter export subsidies.

 

Oxford Dictionary

countervail

countervail |ˌkaʊntəˈveɪl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. countervailing ) offset the effect of (something ) by countering it with something of equal force: the dominance of the party was mediated by a number of countervailing factors. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘be equivalent to in value ’): from Anglo-Norman French contrevaloir, from Latin contra valere ‘be of worth against ’.

 

countervailing duty

coun ¦ter |vail |ing duty ▶noun an import tax imposed on certain goods in order to prevent dumping or counter export subsidies.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

countervailing

c ó unter v à il ing 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗〈力 意見などが 〉 (ほかに )対抗できるほどの, 相殺するような .