counter-claim

A form of counterclaim — A suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouncounter-claim (plural counter-claims)

plural counter-claims

  1. alternativeAlternative form of counterclaim.
verbcounter-claim (third-person singular simple present counter-claims, present participle counter-claiming, simple past and past participle counter-claimed)

present singular third person counter-claims · participle present counter-claiming · participle past counter-claimed · past counter-claimed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of counterclaim.
Cite this entry
APA

counter-claim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-claim

MLA

“counter-claim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-claim. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counter-claim,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter-claim.

Source: counter-claim on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.