Definition of counterclaim
noun
a claim made to rebut a previous claim: monitoring programmes set up in the wake of these various claims and counterclaims will resolve the issue Law a claim made by a defendant against a plaintiff: the debtor has an arguable counterclaim for damages
verb
[no object] chiefly Law make a counterclaim for something: he counterclaimed for damages for breach of the covenant [with object]:she counterclaimed damages for late delivery
