Counterclaim (Verb)
Meaning
Set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She promptly counterclaimed that her former employee was in fact the one at fault in the contractual dispute.
- The company filed a suit against its rival business, and the rival counterclaimed with allegations of libel and slander.
- The neighbors counterclaimed that the noise was coming from a nearby club that the city had recently licensed.
- As the plaintiff in a lawsuit, he expected the defendant to counterclaim that they were innocent of all charges.
- The country's government officials warned the foreign company against taking actions that might prompt them to counterclaim for losses due to seized assets.