counterproposal
noun
coun·ter·pro·pos·al
ˈkau̇n-tər-prə-ˌpō-zəl 
: a return proposal made by one who has rejected a proposal
Examples of counterproposal in a Sentence
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When Blinken walked into the meeting with Al Thani, the emir passed around the counterproposal to go over the details with the U.S. delegation.
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NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Related Stories The Condé Union further alleges that the company did not provide any counterproposals on union asks from the previous week — on remote work and paid time off, for instance — during Tuesday’s meeting on Zoom, which management apparently ended abruptly.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
In response to a framework agreement presented by negotiators in Paris at the end of last month, Hamas presented a counterproposal that envisaged a three-stage process over four-and-a-half months.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
The militant group’s counterproposal is less definitive about an immediate, permanent cease-fire — one of the reasons some officials familiar with the negotiations are touting progress in the talks.
—Susannah George, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Congress isn’t going to turn around decades of fiscal negligence by Friday, and nobody has offered a serious counterproposal that would do so.
—The Editors, National Review, 14 Nov. 2023
The union’s representatives worked through the weekend on a counterproposal, which was submitted Monday, but the two sides are still far apart.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
The companies — each negotiating separately with the union — have made counterproposals raising wages by roughly half what the union is asking, according to Mr. Fain, and have done even less to satisfy the other demands.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
But the union said talks failed when, after a more than three-hour caucus, the hotel company representatives returned without any counterproposal.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Related Stories The Condé Union further alleges that the company did not provide any counterproposals on union asks from the previous week — on remote work and paid time off, for instance — during Tuesday’s meeting on Zoom, which management apparently ended abruptly.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
In response to a framework agreement presented by negotiators in Paris at the end of last month, Hamas presented a counterproposal that envisaged a three-stage process over four-and-a-half months.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
The militant group’s counterproposal is less definitive about an immediate, permanent cease-fire — one of the reasons some officials familiar with the negotiations are touting progress in the talks.
—Susannah George, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Congress isn’t going to turn around decades of fiscal negligence by Friday, and nobody has offered a serious counterproposal that would do so.
—The Editors, National Review, 14 Nov. 2023
The union’s representatives worked through the weekend on a counterproposal, which was submitted Monday, but the two sides are still far apart.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
The companies — each negotiating separately with the union — have made counterproposals raising wages by roughly half what the union is asking, according to Mr. Fain, and have done even less to satisfy the other demands.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
But the union said talks failed when, after a more than three-hour caucus, the hotel company representatives returned without any counterproposal.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
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1885, in the meaning defined above
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