Sentence examples for opening offer from inspiring English sources

The sheet says "asking price $800,000" and "opening offer $740,000". In this context, what does the term "opening offer" mean?..

A minimum opening offer of some £1.2bn was required.

"Five hundred manat!" came the opening offer in Russian.

But in 2004 as in 2012, the union's opening offer also ignored the owners' main demand.

It also reasserted its belief that the opening offer price is undervalued.

We are demanding unbounded respect bordering on worship, but that's just our opening offer.

You want to make an opening offer that is aggressive but not offensive.

The Mets' opening offer was for three years and $17.25 million.

The Yankees' opening offer to Sabathia — six years, $140 million — surpassed Santana's $137.5 million guarantee from the Mets, the previous record for a pitcher.

"I always assume the price you're being quoted is an opening offer," says Torkells.

Negotiations began with a $900,000 opening offer from the city and the district's asking price of $2.1 million.