Translate counterbalance | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of counterbalance
noun
a weight that balances another weight: the trolley used a counterbalance and leverage action to reduce the effort of lifting loads a factor having the opposite effect to that of another and so preventing it from exercising a disproportionate influence:his restoration to power was intended as a counterbalance to his rival’s influence
verb
[with object] (of a weight) balance (another weight): the sitter’s weight counterbalances the tilting pressure on the backrest neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite influence:the extra cost of mail order may be counterbalanced by its convenience
