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Definition of Counterbid
1. Noun. (business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party ¹
2. Verb. To make a counterbid ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterbid
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterbid
Literary usage of Counterbid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"The election of Burr to the Senate of time United States was perhaps a counterbid
from the Federal side. In several of the states the election of members of ..."
2. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1917)
"The Teutonic proposal was, of course, a retort or counterbid to the czar's
manifesto proclaimed at the beginning of the war promising self-government and ..."
3. History of Cabinets: From the Union with Scotland to the Acquisition of by William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (1894)
"... Hungary was in no condition to contribute, and which a communication in cypher
from Paris convinced them that the Court of Versailles would counterbid. ..."
4. The Tourist's Russia by Ruth Kedzie Wood (1912)
"One and a half," is counterbid. The qualifications of a particular steed are
enumerated. You are invited to examine the superior upholstery of another's ..."