Counter-claim
1counter-claim — ➔ claim1 * * * counter claim UK US (also counterclaim) noun [C] ► a statement that someone makes in answer to a statement that has been made by someone else, and that is different from it: »Human rights abuses have been the subject of claim and… …
2counter-claim — / kaυntə kleɪm/ noun a claim for damages made in reply to a previous claim ● Jones claimed £25,000 in damages against Smith, and Smith entered a counter claim of £50,000 for loss of office. ● The union negotiators entered a counter claim for a… …
3counter-claim — n. & v. n. 1 a claim made against another claim. 2 Law a claim made by a defendant in a suit against the plaintiff. v.tr. & intr. make a counter claim (for) …
4claim — n [Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a: a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due; specif: a demand for a benefit (as under the workers compensation law) or contractual payment (as… …
5claim — ▪ I. claim claim 1 [kleɪm] noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE a request or demand for money, or the amount of money asked for: • The developer made a claim against the owner for extra building costs. • There were very large claims for loss of earnings …
6Counter-Enlightenment — is a term used to refer to a movement that arose in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in opposition to the 18th century Enlightenment. The term is usually associated with Isaiah Berlin, who is often credited with coining it, perhaps taking… …
7Counter-recruitment — is a strategy often taken up to oppose war. Counter recruitment is an attempt to prevent military recruiters from enlisting civilians into the military. There are several methods commonly utilized in a counter recruitment campaign, ranging from… …
8Counter slab — and slab are the matching halves of a fossil bearing matrix formed in sedimentary deposits. When excavated the matrix may be split along the natural grain or cleavage of the rock. A fossil embedded in the sediment may then also split down the… …
9Counter-revolutionary — A counter revolutionary is anyone who opposes a revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it, in full or in part. The adjective, counterrevolutionary , pertains to movements that would restore the… …
10Counter-Reformation — Main articles: History of Christianity and History of the Catholic Church The Vulgata The council then went on to cite Sacred Tradition in support of the Vulgate s The Counter Reformation (also the Catholic Revival[1] or Catholic Reformation)… …
