Contra

  1. 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.
  2. Preposition.  against; contrary or opposed to.
  3. Adverb.  to the contrary to something.
  4. Noun.  (business) a deal to swap goods or services.
  5. Noun.  (accounting) an entry that cancels another entry.
  6. Noun.  (informal) any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
  7. Noun.  contra dance.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.