How to pronounce “contra”

Meaning

• [Preposition]
• Against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to.
• [Adverb]
• Contrary to something.
• [Noun]
• (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
• (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
• (accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
• (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
• (dance) A contra dance.
• (obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
• [Verb]
• (accounting) To undo; to reverse.

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