English Dictionary

countervail

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkaʊntəveɪl/

動詞

廃用

(obsolete) To have the same value or number as. / To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize. / To compensate for.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れ）同じ価値や数量になる。 / 相殺する、打ち消す、釣り合わせる、無効にする。 / 埋め合わせる、補う。

The two silver coins countervail each other in value, so merchants accepted them interchangeably.

その二枚の銀貨は価値が等しかったので、商人は互いに交換可能なものとして受け入れた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.

Nay could their numbers counteruaile the ſtars Or [euer] driſling drops of April ſhowers, Or withered leaues that Autume ſhaketh down, Yet would the Souldane by his conquering power: So ſcatter and conſume them in his rage, That not a man ſhal liue to rue their fall.

意味（2）

To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.

It cannot counteruaile the exchange of joy / That one ſhort minute giues me in her ſight:

意味（3）

To compensate for.

I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.

countervails （ present singular third-person ）

countervailing （ participle present ）

countervailed （ participle past ）

countervailed （ past ）