Associations to the word «Countervail»
Wiktionary
COUNTERVAIL, verb. (obsolete) To have the same value as.
COUNTERVAIL, verb. To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
COUNTERVAIL, verb. To compensate for.
Dictionary definition
COUNTERVAIL, verb. Compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals".
COUNTERVAIL, verb. Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.