counteroffer
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌɔfər/
:
contraoferta
- After reviewing the initial proposal, I presented a counteroffer with better terms for both parties.
- make a counteroffer
Examples
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Twenty-one professors at Urbana-Champaign have asked for counteroffers from the university through January of this academic year, compared with just 11 in the same span last year.
Academic text (2016) -
We made an offer, then a counteroffer, and are now in the midst of escrow.
Blog text (4) -
-My counteroffer is the maximum.
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Here is where the counteroffer rule comes into play.
Academic text (1997) -
At least wait for the counteroffer.
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And here is my counteroffer.
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That's a very generous counteroffer, Mr. X, but my office is not authorized to make that size of a payment without going through a formal bid process.
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That's when Fehr expects to make a formal counteroffer to the league's initial proposal.
Blog text (7) -
Daniels' given reason was that Oswego was intent on retaining him and had made him a substantial counteroffer.
Blog text (25) -
After the NDC approached Sidney with an offer for the song, the NPP made him a counteroffer to prevent him from selling the rights to the opposition.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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6.1
A new suggestion offered in reply to an earlier one
Antonyms
How Negotiated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Counteroffer comes from two simple parts: counter, which means 'against' or 'in reply', as in counterattack, and offer, which means 'proposal'. So a counteroffer is an offer made in reply that replaces or changes the first proposal.