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Definition of "counteroffer" [counteroffer]

  • An offer made in return by one who rejects an unsatisfactory offer. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "counteroffer" in a sentence
  • "Democrats said those increases wouldn't have materialized since Republicans were simultaneously proposing large across-the-board tax cuts, and that their counteroffer was a way to test the seriousness of the idea."
  • "Depending on your wording, you have probably made a counteroffer, which is discussed below."
  • "Instead of $500 per hour of delay, the counteroffer is a meal voucher."