contra

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The whole point of a union is to benefit its members contra the interests of their employer.

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Quick take

Contrary to something.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of contra gathered in one view.

adverb

Contrary to something.

noun

(business) A deal to swap goods or services.

noun

(accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for contra.

adverb

Contrary to something.

noun

(business) A deal to swap goods or services.

noun

(accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

verb

(accounting) To undo; to reverse.

Example sentences

The whole point of a union is to benefit its members contra the interests of their employer.

But the contra is that the young sun evolved just when the metallicity of the gas was high enough to actually form rocky planets and the solar system.

That's contra basically all available evidence, even as supplied in the quote -- you move on to economics.

The problem with public sector unions is that they benefit government employees contra the interests of the public.

Apropos of nothing, Muji's USB desktop fan has contra-rotating blades and is amazingly quiet for the amount of air it can shift.

I don't see how concepts enter into it (though contra Andrei Alexandrescu, I'm still a big believer in concepts).

I wonder how hard it would be to use this to auto-generate, say, contra dance music.

This is denying that efficacy from the perspective of the company, contra the law, moral code, or the charter could have a positive outcome.

>That's contra basically all available evidence, even as supplied in the quote -- you move on to economics.

* Contra your argument, the petition not only remains in the final story, but has its own graf.

* Contra your argument, the piece retains Pao's claim that she left because of differences on the direction of the company.

I'm astounded at the fight here between pro and contra austerity.

Quote examples

Contra repeated claims that this piece was transformed by addition of "opinions", it seems to be composed entirely of verifiable facts.

The $4m difference turns out to be a "contra-revenue" booking relating to a Yahoo!

For example: contra the article's claims, "affect" can be a noun, and "effect" can be a verb.

Here's one loud clue: marriage as a legally regulated institution has nothing to do with "love", or (contra Kennedy for the majority) "self expression".

Proper noun examples

Contra, if you expose that you don't really want to work with buyer, they will certainly tie any consideration to vesting/earnout.

Contra the misogyny argument, there's anger at reddit that pre-dates Pao.

This could be related: While playing games using 8 bit NES cards powered by a stabiliser; if you increase and decrease the voltage alternatively very fast it would give you 30 lives in Super Contra.