counterbid
noun
coun·ter·bid
ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈbid 
plural counterbids or counter-bids
: a bid made in response to another bid
After three days of further bids and counterbids, with the threat of action by competitors not hitherto involved, Axelman made McKee an especially attractive offer …—
Paul S. Nathan
Paul S. Nathan… when the terms of the bid are agreed by the boards of the two companies, and no other company makes a counter-bid, the whole operation can be carried out relatively simply and inexpensively.—L. C. B. Gower
L. C. B. Gower
counterbid
verb, transitive + intransitive
or counter-bid
counterbid or counter-bid; counterbidding or counter-bidding
Marriott counterbid days later, offering $13.6 billion; Anbang responded on March 28, offering $14.2 billion …
—Laura Berman
Laura Berman
Examples of counterbid in a Sentence
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney offered a counterbid but lost to ATV.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images By late spring, Italy's banking world was swept up in a storm of convoluted takeover bids and counterbids involving a swathe of the country's major lenders.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The offer also exceeds all-cash counterbid of €7 ($7.66) per share from Czech investment firm PPF IM, which the company’s board has not supported
MFE already owns just under 30 percent of ProSiebenSat.1 and has been steadily increasing its stake over the past several years.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Bloomberg reported shortly thereafter that the second group is now preparing a counterbid of its own, setting the stage for an auction this coming week that should settle things once and for all.
—Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 9 May 2021
Berlin is now considering whether to make a counterbid on the vaccine or ban the U.S. transaction.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2020
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Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images By late spring, Italy's banking world was swept up in a storm of convoluted takeover bids and counterbids involving a swathe of the country's major lenders.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The offer also exceeds all-cash counterbid of €7 ($7.66) per share from Czech investment firm PPF IM, which the company’s board has not supported
MFE already owns just under 30 percent of ProSiebenSat.1 and has been steadily increasing its stake over the past several years.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Bloomberg reported shortly thereafter that the second group is now preparing a counterbid of its own, setting the stage for an auction this coming week that should settle things once and for all.
—Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 9 May 2021
Berlin is now considering whether to make a counterbid on the vaccine or ban the U.S. transaction.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2020
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“Counterbid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterbid. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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