initial offer
noun[C]
FINANCEukusthe firstamountofmoneythat apersonorcompanyoffersintheirattempttobuyaproperty, anothercompany, etc.:
Sky'sinitialofferof £8 million wasrejected.
See also
initial public offer
Examplesofinitial offer
initial offer
Aninitialofferof 400,000, rising to 500,000 was rejected, with a rumoured 750,000 plus add-ons later offered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was later disclosed that the settlement was about three times theinitialofferfrom the insurance company.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They later backed down and said that they would accept theinitialoffer, but the film company was now only willing to pay 500.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, he indicated that he was not interested in theirinitialoffer, which was not disclosed to the public, so they rescinded it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was written specifically for the drama, after miwa was told about concept of the drama after theinitialoffer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These are followed by "textual proposals" from each side, accompanied (in areas such as tariffs, and market access) by each side'sinitialoffer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theinitialofferof 500acrekm2 2 and tax exemptions was determined to be illegal and improper.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two weeks later, the diocese increased itsinitialofferof $50 million to $53.6 million which included a lease-back provision at below market rates for a period of time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bennett declined theinitialoffer, as his own band was in the midst of creating new material.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The amount of money returned to the trustee is positively correlated with the trustor'sinitialoffer.
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