counterbid

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noun

A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party

OriginEnglish bid ← Middle English counter- ← Anglo-Norman countre- →
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Meanings

nouncounterbid (plural counterbids)

plural counterbids

  1. businessA bid made in response to a previous bid by another party

    RIM didn't immediately respond to questions about whether it will return to the table with a friendly counterbid.

    2009 January 24, “Certicom rebuffs RIM, sells to VeriSign”, in Toronto Star
verbcounterbid (third-person singular simple present counterbids, present participle counterbidding, simple past and past participle counterbid)

present singular third person counterbids · participle present counterbidding

  1. To make a counterbid

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Englishbid
  13. Englishcounterbid

From counter- + bid.

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Translations

Polish kontrpropozycja, kontroferta
  • kontrpropozycjaa bid made in response to a previous bid
  • kontrofertaa bid made in response to a previous bid

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with counterbid

idbidmidkidMadridridlidsidamidlipidskidforbidquidwidfidoutbidabidthridstridoverbidmisbidunlid
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Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“counterbid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterbid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbid.

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