contra
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Is contra a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
2. (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.derogatory
3. (accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).Examples: "a contra position; a contra entry"; "The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column."Synonyms: counterentryattributiveoften
4. (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.informal
5. (dance) A contra dance.
6. (obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.Examples: "Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances."New-EnglandUSobsolete
verb (English)
1. (accounting) To undo; to reverse.Examples: "to contra a position (an entry)"no-pastno-present-participleparticiplepast
Definition source: Wiktionary