Ellipsis of Contra Costa County.

(law) A doctrine of contractual interpretation providing that, where a term is ambiguous, the preferred meaning should be the one that works against the interests of the party who provided the wording.

plural of contra-trader

One who engages in contra-trading, a form of tax fraud.

A form of carousel fraud that evades detection by using two "carousels" of traded goods, where one carousel is legitimate and the other is not, and thus the input and output VATs neutralize each other to conceal the fraud.

plural of contra-octave

present participle of contra dance

(obsolete) A strong aromatic bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.

(law) in contrast, on the contrary

plural of contra dance