countervailability
countervailability noun: the characteristic of being countervailable; the ability to be countervailed; compensability.
Noun
countervailability (uncountable)
- The characteristic of being countervailable; the ability to be countervailed; compensability.
- The only exception to countervailability of such broadly available government programs would have been for access1988, David E. Birenbaum, The 1988 Trade Law: What It Affects and What It Means, page 74
- Not only would that allow countervailability to be based on almost any governmental activity in the exporting country; it also would present insuperable problems of allocation at the measurement stage in attempting to assess the aliquot share of benefits of education, stable currency, and so on...2010, Richard Boltuck, Robert E. Litan, Down in the Dumps: Administration of the Unfair Trade Laws, page 224
Origin of countervailability
From countervail + -ability.
Questions about countervailability
- What does countervailability mean?
- Countervailability means the characteristic of being countervailable; the ability to be countervailed; compensability.
- What part of speech is countervailability?
- Countervailability is a noun.
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