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COUNTEROFFER [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

The acceptance of an offer must be definite, unambiguous, and unqualified. If the acceptance is qualified in any way or changes the terms of the offer in any way, then it constitutes a counteroffer and a contract can only be created when this counteroffer is accepted by the original offeror. (Reilly, 2nd ed., 1982, p. 332).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

contre-offre : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

An offer to enter into a transaction on terms differing from those first proposed.

OBS

counter offer: term standardized by the CGSB.

Key term(s)
  • counteroffer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

Offre de conclure un marché selon des conditions qui diffèrent de celles de l'offre originale.

OBS

Pluriel : des contre-propositions, des contrepropositions.

OBS

contreproposition : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

contre-proposition : terme normalisé par l'ONGC.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
DEF

Oferta que se solicita sobre una oferta anterior elevando su cuantía económica o aumentando las prestaciones o condiciones propuestas por la otra parte.

OBS

contrapropuesta: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 1996-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Proposition faite de payer un prix plus élevé que celui offert initialement. Ainsi une offre publique d'achat (OPA) peut être suivie d'une contre-OPA, appelée parfois contre-offre.

Key term(s)
  • contre-offre

Spanish

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