counterdemand

counterdemand

(ˈkaʊntədɪˌmɑːnd)
n
a demand made in response to another demand
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(32.) See, for example, Thucydides's discussion of the first Spartan religious pretext for going to war and the Athenians' no less twisted religious counterdemand, at 1.126-138.
Stop obeying the edicts of the undemocratic EU, which are often stupid in the extreme and frequently counterdemand the previous orders to no purpose.
(A report released in April by a presidential advisory panel, for example, mentioned "the intriguing possibility that privacy could emerge as a market commodity in the Information Age.") Just as there is demand for consumer data among profiteers, so there is a counterdemand on the part of individuals to keep that information private.
Last Friday Petermann said both Italy and Greece had made counterdemands.
Prime Minister-designate Tamam Salam is still holding talks to form a Cabinet, but a government is not expected to materialize soon in view the of demands and counterdemands of rival political parties.
The facility administrator through the negotiator may respond to the demands with counterdemands. The resolution comes when the right bargain is struck (e.g., release of hostages in return for a new and improved review process and a promise to meet with the jail commander or warden).
It is part of the action of rights to create counterdemands that