📖 Definitions of "Contra"
- 1
A deal to swap goods or services.
- 2
A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
- 3
An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
"The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column."
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Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
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To undo; to reverse.
"to contra a position (an entry)"
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Contrary to something
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Against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Contra"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| contrarynoun | Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. |
| opposedverb | Acting in opposition; opposing. |
| counternoun | One who counts. |
| clearingnoun | The act or process of making or becoming clear. |
| considerationnoun | The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition). |
| balancernoun | One who, or that which, balances. |
| offsetverb | Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. |
| compensationnoun | The act or principle of compensating. |
| matchingnoun | The same as another; sharing the same design. |
| counterpartnoun | Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another. |
| exchangenoun | An act of exchanging or trading. |
| combatnoun | A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used). |
| antinoun | Opposed to something. |
| counterpartynoun | (finance, insurance, law) The other party to a financial transaction. |
| sedverb | (computing) A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way. |
| consnoun | (programming) A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists. |
| bourdonnoun | A bumblebee, genus Bombus. |
| bassoonnoun | A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges. |
| irannoun | A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran. |
| alamedanoun | A tree-lined avenue in Spain or Portugal. |
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