ALL meanings of countersuit
suit
C c - noun countersuit a legal claim made as a reaction to a claim made against one 3
- noun countersuit an opposing lawsuit asserting a counterclaim, brought by a defendant against a plaintiff in the original suit 3
- noun countersuit (legal) A lawsuit filed against a party that has filed a suit against one. 1
- noun countersuit a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together. 1
- noun countersuit a set of men's garments of the same color and fabric, consisting of trousers, a jacket, and sometimes a vest. 1
- noun countersuit a similarly matched set consisting of a skirt and jacket, and sometimes a topcoat or blouse, worn by women. 1
- noun countersuit any costume worn for some special activity: a running suit. 1
- noun countersuit Often, suits. Slang. an executive, manager, or official, especially one regarded as a faceless decision maker. 1
- noun countersuit Law. the act, the process, or an instance of suing in a court of law; legal prosecution; lawsuit. 1
- noun countersuit Cards. one of the four sets or classes (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs) into which a common deck of playing cards is divided. the aggregate of cards belonging to one of these sets held in a player's hand at one time: Spades were his long suit. one of various sets or classes into which less common decks of cards are divided, as lances, hammers, etc., found in certain decks formerly used or used in fortune telling. 1
- noun countersuit suite (defs 1–3, 5). 1
- noun countersuit the wooing or courting of a woman: She rejected his suit. 1
- noun countersuit the act of making a petition or an appeal. 1
- noun countersuit a petition, as to a person of rank or station. 1
- noun countersuit Also called set. Nautical. a complete group of sails for a boat. 1
- noun countersuit one of the seven classes into which a standard set of 28 dominoes may be divided by matching the numbers on half the face of each: a three suit contains the 3-blank, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, and 3-6. Since each such suit contains one of each of the other possible suits, only one complete suit is available per game. 1
- verb with object countersuit to make appropriate, adapt, or accommodate, as one thing to another: to suit the punishment to the crime. 1
- verb with object countersuit to be appropriate or becoming to: Blue suits you very well. 1
- verb with object countersuit to be or prove satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable to; satisfy or please: The arrangements suit me. 1
- verb with object countersuit to provide with a suit, as of clothing or armor; clothe; array. 1
- verb without object countersuit to be appropriate or suitable; accord. 1
- verb without object countersuit to be satisfactory, agreeable, or acceptable. 1
- idioms countersuit follow suit, Cards. to play a card of the same suit as that led. to follow the example of another: The girl jumped over the fence, and her playmates followed suit. 1
- idioms countersuit suit oneself, to do what one wants to do or what is best for oneself, without regard for others (often used imperatively): I don’t agree with you, but okay, suit yourself. 1
- noun countersuit (law) A lawsuit filed against a party that has filed a suit against one. 0