counteroffer

[ koun-ter-aw-fer, -of-er, koun-ter-aw-fer, -of-er ]

noun

an offer or proposal made to offset or substitute for an earlier offer made by another.

Origin of counteroffer

First recorded in 1780–90; counter- + offer

Words Nearby counteroffer

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How to use counteroffer in a sentence

At city officials’ direction, Hughes soon got to work on a counteroffer to Shapery.
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Mitchum went along with the lawyer, only to receive a counteroffer from the judge—180 days in the slammer.
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Obama took his case to Twitter, the GOP made a counteroffer, and a right-wing think tank elbowed its way into the debate.
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Daniel Gross on their astounding lack of a counteroffer to the Dems.
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Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, turned his back on Clinton without even making a counteroffer.
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So we sent back another counteroffer based on my actual conversation with Stephen.
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Did you want him to make a counteroffer of his daughter's hand?
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British Dictionary definitions for counteroffer

counteroffer

/ (ˈkaʊntərˌɒfə) /

noun

a response to a bid in which a seller amends his original offer, making it more favourable to the buyer

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