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countervailance

countervailance noun: the act or process of countervailing.

Noun

countervailance (countable and uncountable, plural countervailances)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of countervailing.
  2. (countable) An instance of that act or process.

Forms of countervailance

pluralcountervailances

Origin of countervailance

From countervail + -ance.

Questions about countervailance

What does countervailance mean?
Countervailance means the act or process of countervailing.
What part of speech is countervailance?
Countervailance is a noun.
What is the plural of countervailance?
The plural of countervailance is countervailances.

Words near countervailance in the dictionary

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

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