/ English Dictionary

COUNTERCLAIM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("counterclaim" is a kind of...):

action; action at law; legal action (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

counterclaim (set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "counterclaim" is one way to...):

claim (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

counterclaim (a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action)

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