counteroffer

See also: counter-offer

English

Alternative forms

• counter-offer

Etymology

From counter- +‎ offer.

Noun

counteroffer (plural counteroffers)

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

Translations

offer made in reply to an unacceptable offer

• Bulgarian: контрапредложение n (kontrapredloženie)
• Catalan: contraoferta f
• Dutch: tegenaanbod n, tegenbod (nl) n
• Finnish: vastatarjous
• French: contre-offre f, contre-proposition (fr) f
• Greek: αντιπροσφορά (el) f (antiprosforá), αντιπρόταση (el) f (antiprótasi)
• Polish: kontroferta f
• Russian: встре́чное предложе́ние n (vstréčnoje predložénije), контрпредложе́ние (ru) n (kontrpredložénije)
• Spanish: contraoferta f

Verb

counteroffer (third-person singular simple present counteroffers, present participle counteroffering, simple past and past participle counteroffered)

1. To offer as a counteroffer.
   • 2008 June 14, Gail Collins, “Candidates, Fly Away Home”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Obama counteroffered one town hall and an extra debate, which McCain waved away.

Translations

offer as a counteroffer

• Finnish: tehdä vastatarjous
• Greek: αντιπροσφέρω (el) (antiprosféro)