countervailability

noun

The characteristic of being countervailable; the ability to be countervailed; compensability.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nouncountervailability (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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 access

    1988, David E. Birenbaum, The 1988 Trade Law: What It Affects and What It Means, page 74
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    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, represented in the exported goods.

    2010, Richard Boltuck, Robert E. Litan, Down in the Dumps: Administration of the Unfair Trade Laws, page 224

Origin

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APA

countervailability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countervailability

MLA

“countervailability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countervailability. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countervailability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countervailability.

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