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countervailable

countervailable adjective: able to be countervailed; able to be counteracted, counterbalanced or neutralized; compensable.

Adjective

countervailable (comparative more countervailable, superlative most countervailable)

  1. Able to be countervailed; able to be counteracted, counterbalanced or neutralized; compensable.

Forms of countervailable

comparativemore countervailable
superlativemost countervailable

Origin of countervailable

From countervail + -able.

Questions about countervailable

What does countervailable mean?
Countervailable means able to be countervailed; able to be counteracted, counterbalanced or neutralized; compensable.
What part of speech is countervailable?
Countervailable is an adjective.

Words near countervailable in the dictionary

  1. counterused
  2. counteruses
  3. counterusing
  4. countervail
  5. countervailability
  6. countervailable
  7. countervailance
  8. countervailances
  9. countervailed
  10. countervailing
  11. countervailing duties

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