Look up: contra

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   contra
   Latin, meaning: (+ acc.) against.
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   Contra
   The Latin term 'Contra' means, in a UK legal context: 'to the contrary'.
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   Contra
   An entry made into an account or statement to nullify a previous... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/contra.htm?id=300&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of contra'>more</a>
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   Contra
   Member of a Central American right-wing guerrilla force attempting to overthrow the democratically elected Nicaraguan Sandinista government between 1979 and 1990. The Contras, many of them...
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   contra
   an accounting entry set against another entry Category: Insurance • the neutralisation of the effect of a dopant tending to cause the opposite conductivity type Category: Electrical engineering and energy • in double entry bookkeeping,the account that is debited to offset a credit or vice-versa Category: Commerce - movement of goods • the rotating of propellers ...
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   Contra
   To the contrary
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   Contra
   Con'tra A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against , contrary , in opposition , etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Confer Counter , adverb & prefix
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   Contra
   • A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.
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   Contra
   (from the article `Sandinista`) ...and built up support through mass organizations of workers, young people, and other groups. To fight off the attacks of the counterrevolutionary ... ...in February 1984, which was, when revealed, universally condemned. The CIA also secretly organized and supplied a force of up to 15,000 ... In forei...
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    contra
    (from the article `contredanse`) ...of the English country dance (q.v.) and was performed into the 19th century by French, English, and German aristocrats and bourgeoisie. ... Country dances are performed in three characteristic formations: (1) circular, for an indefinite number of couples (`round` dances), (2) `longways&...
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