against; in opposition to

against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to

contrary to something

(business) A deal to swap goods or services. / (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.

(accounting) To undo; to reverse.

A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.

plural of contra

plural of Contra

(law) in contrast, on the contrary

(dance) A type of folk dance style in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length.