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

noun. An offer made in reply to an unacceptable offer

verb. To offer as a counteroffer.

noun. an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer

"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."

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