countervaluen.

Etymology: compare countervalue v. and French contre-valeur.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounterˌvalue.

Equivalent value spec. applied to strategy based on the attacking of civilian targets.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun]

comparison1340

evennessa1398

evenhead?a1400

equipollencec1430

pareil?c1450

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adequation1605

parity1609

parility1610

matchableness1611

equipollency1623

equiparance1624

egality1628

equipage1633

comparitya1635

omniparity1635

peership1641

exequation1656

equipoise1658

equipotency1658

countervalue1660

adequateness1664

commensurablenessa1676

peerage1681

égalité1794

peerdom1891

society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > attack on civilian targets

countervalue1963

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 239 It is altogether fruitlesse, and not of countervalue with the troubles which follow it.

1963 Times 4 Feb. 9/4 The new nuclear strategy of unlimited but controlled retaliation with its alternatives of counterforce and countervalue (the euphemism for attacking cities).

1965 Economist 6 Feb. 578/3 The counter-values of these [foreign currency reserves] have been credited to the exporters in DM.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

† countervaluev.

Forms: Also 1600s contre-.

Etymology: counter- prefix 1 + value v.: compare the earlier countervail.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To equal or counterbalance in value; = countervail v. 1.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equivalent to

quitc1375

countervailc1380

containa1387

value1561

to go for ——1574

countervalue1581

weigh1583

avail1598

reanswer1598

commeasure1615

imply1634

equivalence1646

equivale1659

1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints i. f. 4^v We haue nothing to sell..to counterualue those things that we must buy againe.

1605 T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 133 Whose vse and doctrine countervalue not their doubts & vncertaine opinions.

1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (ed. 3) B vj b The Rent remaining will counter-value the Ground-Rent.

2. intransitive. Of an accused person: To give a counter-estimate. Cf. counter-penalty n.

ΚΠ

1832 Sir G. C. Lewis in Philol. Museum 1 132 The defendant was then allowed to make a lower assessment of the fine or other penalty, to counter-value, as it was called (ἀντιτιμᾶσθαι or ὑποτιμᾶσθαι.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	countervalue
释义	countervaluen. Etymology: compare countervalue v. and French contre-valeur.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounterˌvalue. Equivalent value spec. applied to strategy based on the attacking of civilian targets. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] comparison1340 evennessa1398 evenhead?a1400 equipollencec1430 pareil?c1450 equalityc1460 comparation1483 egalness1526 equalness1530 equivalency1535 eveningc1540 equivalencea1542 indifferency1569 owelty1579 coequality1583 mateship1593 equal1596 adequation1605 parity1609 parility1610 matchableness1611 equipollency1623 equiparance1624 egality1628 equipage1633 comparitya1635 omniparity1635 peership1641 exequation1656 equipoise1658 equipotency1658 countervalue1660 adequateness1664 commensurablenessa1676 peerage1681 égalité1794 peerdom1891 society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > attack on civilian targets countervalue1963 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 239 It is altogether fruitlesse, and not of countervalue with the troubles which follow it. 1963 Times 4 Feb. 9/4 The new nuclear strategy of unlimited but controlled retaliation with its alternatives of counterforce and countervalue (the euphemism for attacking cities). 1965 Economist 6 Feb. 578/3 The counter-values of these [foreign currency reserves] have been credited to the exporters in DM. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † countervaluev. Forms: Also 1600s contre-. Etymology: counter- prefix 1 + value v.: compare the earlier countervail. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To equal or counterbalance in value; = countervail v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equivalent to quitc1375 countervailc1380 containa1387 value1561 to go for ——1574 countervalue1581 weigh1583 avail1598 reanswer1598 commeasure1615 imply1634 equivalence1646 equivale1659 1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints i. f. 4^v We haue nothing to sell..to counterualue those things that we must buy againe. 1605 T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 133 Whose vse and doctrine countervalue not their doubts & vncertaine opinions. 1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (ed. 3) B vj b The Rent remaining will counter-value the Ground-Rent. 2. intransitive. Of an accused person: To give a counter-estimate. Cf. counter-penalty n. ΚΠ 1832 Sir G. C. Lewis in Philol. Museum 1 132 The defendant was then allowed to make a lower assessment of the fine or other penalty, to counter-value, as it was called (ἀντιτιμᾶσθαι or ὑποτιμᾶσθαι.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1660v.1581
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