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• n  a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
• n  small sofa that seats two people
• r  face-to-face with; literally `face to face'
  they sat vis-a-vis at the table
  I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman

• The BRIC countries are saying that in the West there remains an appalling patronizing attitude regarding emission cut by the Third World vis-a-vis the West's own efforts to come out with a realistic time table.
• But even stripped-down Wallace is epic modernism: big plots, absurd Beckettian humor and science-fiction-height ideas portrayed vis-a-vis slow, realistic stream of consciousness.
• The measure of his achievement is that his two runners-up were his two vis-a-vis: 1) Chairman Myron Charles Taylor who without a blow being struck negotiated for the unionization .

• counterpart
• opposite number
• love seat
• loveseat
• tete-a-tete

News & Articles

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• Japanese Companies Eye SEAFIE to Reach out to ASEAN Market
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Japanese furniture and furnishing companies have announced participation at the inaugural Southeast Asia Furniture & Interiors Import-Export Exhibition (SEAFIE) vis-a-vis opportunities surrounding the rapidly-growing and...
  June 14, 2013 - PR Newswire

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in BBC News
  For Israel to get the kind of strong support it's looking for vis-a-vis Iran, it can't stay on the sidelines with respect to the Palestinians and peace efforts,Mrs Clinton told the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. "They...
• Kevin Rudd in International Herald Tribune
  Our position vis-a-vis Kyoto is clear cut, and that is that all developed and developing countries need to be part of the global solution,Rudd told the Southern Cross Broadcasting radio network.
• Jared Paul Stern in FOXNews
  It is definitely a relief,Stern said. "But I'm still basically in the same situation vis-a-vis my life being ruined. I never really believed that I'd end up in court. It was a smear campaign. But it was a success. I got fired and vilified...