Contra
- Proper noun. a range of right-wing guerilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.
- Preposition. against; contrary or opposed to.
- Adverb. to the contrary to something.
- Noun. (business) a deal to swap goods or services.
- Noun. (accounting) an entry that cancels another entry.
- Noun. (informal) any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
- Noun. contra dance.
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