Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A proposal offered to nullify or substitute for a previous one.
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- noun A
proposal made as an alternative to another, earlier proposal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal
Etymologies
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Examples
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The owners bump up their offer of a $40 million cap to $42.5 million; the players counterproposal is for $49 million, which the league rejects out-of-hand.
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And I think when they put that on the table, I think the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the administration would take those, carefully consider those and say: Now, what’s the counterproposal from the United States, from China, from Russia, from Europe, from the Middle East?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Going Wobbly on Russia’s Cybersecurity Disarmament Proposal? 2010
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If the counterproposal is the G6, Republicans should accept Part One with its half-trillion dollars in cuts, consumer price index change and repeal of the CLASS Act, i.e., the part of the G6 that is enacted immediately and that is real.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Charles Krauthammer 2011
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"To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion," it harrumphed.
Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk 2010
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To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion.
Arseblog 2010
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They presented a better offer to engineers in Washington, Oregon, California and Utah, and our counterproposal is a reasonable way to improve the offer for Wichita engineers. "
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2009
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"To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion.
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"We will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion.
Arsenal Mania 2010
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The statement added: "To be clear, we will not make any kind of counterproposal or enter into any discussion.
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