counter-offer
noun[C]
(alsocounteroffer)ukusCOMMERCE,FINANCE
→counter-bid:
Sharesroseby 10.5p asspeculationmountedof a counter-offer.
The state'spowerprovidersmade a counter-offerof $700 million.
anofferthat is made by onesidein adisagreementafter the othersidehas made anofferthat is notacceptable:
Negotiationsbrokedown after ademandfor $12 million wasmetwith a counteroffer of $8 million.
HR
asituationin which acompanyororganizationoffersanemployeemoremoneyor abetterjobinorder, forexample, totrytopreventthemmovingto anothercompanyororganizationwhere they have beenofferedajob:
When theyrealizedthat he was about toquit, they made a counter-offer, which hepolitelyrejected.