Definition of Counteroffer

1. Noun. An offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer.

Generic synonyms: Offer, Offering

Definition of Counteroffer

1. Noun. An offer made in reply to an unacceptable offer ¹

2. Verb. To offer as a counteroffer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Counteroffer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Counteroffer

countermured
countermures
countermuring
countermyth
countermyths
counternarcotics
counternarrative
counternarratives
counternatural
counternotice
counternotices
counternotification
counternotifications
counteroffensive
counteroffensives
counteroffer
counteroffered
counteroffering
counteroffers
counteropening
counteroperation
counteroperations
counterorder
counterordered
counterordering
counterorders
counterpane
counterpaned
counterpanes
counterpart

Literary usage of Counteroffer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1919)
"... if B's reply is a counteroffer, A's acceptance of goods shipped by B under such counteroffer is an acceptance of the counter-offer.11 If the promisee ..."

2. A Summary of the Law of Contracts by Christopher Columbus Langdell (1880)
"Thus, it generally appears from the nature and terms of an offer whether it requires a counteroffer, and, if it does, what the terms of such counteroffer ..."

3. Principles of the Law of Contract: With a Chapter on the Law of Agency by William Reynell Anson, Arthur Linton Corbin (1919)
"Facey," decided by the Judicial Committee, was not one of counteroffer, but of a statement as to price which the intending acceptor chose to treat as an ..."

4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Maybe you should ask me for a counteroffer. I'm not poor." "I'd never take a penny that you offered—voluntarily." Krishna lit a nonchalant cig and flicked ..."

5. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1907)
"... or granting special privileges without the consent of the United States, the counteroffer was made that no treaty should restrict her independence, ..."

6. Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck by Richard Wagner, Mathilde Wesendonck (1905)
"... My projected American alliance is therefore becoming of more and more weight to me; " but, probably owing to the " counteroffer '' proving too meagre, ..."

7. The Law in Business Problems: Cases and Other Materials for the Study of by Lincoln Frederick Schaub, Nathan Isaacs (1921)
"This, however, is really a counteroffer and, accordingly, constitutes a rejection of the original offer. A business man should, therefore, realize that if ..."

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