售房英语对话-Counteroffer(3)

A: Your office called and said that an offer came in on our house.
B: Yes, the offer came in less than an hour ago.
A: How good of an offer did we receive?
B: Their bid was two hundred eighty thousand dollars, and you said that you wanted three hundred thousand dollars. Their bid is a reasonable start.
A: We built a little leeway into the asking price, but I don’t want to accept less than two hundred ninety thousand dollars.
B: Sellers² frequently make a counteroffer. Would you like to counteroffer two hundred ninety thousand dollars?
A: I think that a counteroffer would be wise at this point.
B: I will contact their agent right away with your counteroffer.
A: What should we do if they don’t like the counteroffer?
B: If the seller¹ doesn’t want to accept your counteroffer, they can reject it or come up with a counteroffer of their own.

1 seller   

n.售货者，畅销品

参考例句：

• I hope for this book to become a best seller.我希望这本书会成为一本畅销书。
• She drove a hard bargain with the seller.她狠杀卖主的价。

2 sellers   

n.卖者( seller的名词复数 )；卖方；销售者；销售商

参考例句：

• buyers and sellers transacting business 进行交易的买方和卖方
• All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》