Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A demand made by way of reply to another.
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Examples
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And the BBC makes no counter-demand against the Iran regime's censorship of the BBC in Iran, that reciprocally, Ahmadinejad's mouthpiiece, 'PRESSTV', which broadcasts 24/7 from LONDON studios, on the Sky satellite, should be CLOSED DOWN NOW.
OPEN THREAD 2009
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Instead, there appears to be a climate of demand and counter-demand and a feeling BA must have that the government is just waiting for, willing them to default.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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Instead, there appears to be a climate of demand and counter-demand and a feeling BA must have that the government is just waiting for, willing them to default.
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Every day they dunned us for tobacco; and when we made a counter-demand for the excellent fish which was caught in shoals, they simply asked, “What will you pay for it?”
The Land of Midian 2003
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The Negrito's counter-demand to the king's third task (i.e., drink all the fresh water) is identical with the counter-demand to the task of counting the drops in the sea
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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This reply is not unlike the counter-demand to the third question in our story.
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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God, "by the counter-demand:" Show me _yourself_, and I will show you my
The Basis of Early Christian Theism Lawrence Thomas Cole
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They met this with a counter-demand of instant security against ultimate loss, and when this was refused as unjust to the other creditors of
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910
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"Will you fight for 'em?" was Simpson's counter-demand.
Chapter III 1902
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"Will you fight for 'em?" was Simpson's counter-demand.
The Cruise of the Dazzler Jack London 1896
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