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Law Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acceptance | In contracts, occurs when a party to whom an offer has been made agrees to the proposal; in commercial paper, drawee's promise to pay the obligee of a draft when the instrument is due. |
| Bilateral Contract | Offeree can accept offer by giving a promise to the offeror instead of performing the contracted-for act. |
| Contract | Agreement between two parties that creates an obligation. |
| Counteroffer | Offeree's response to an offer which modifies it. |
| Firm Offer | Contractual proposal in writing by a merchant stating how long the offer is to stay open. |
| Mirror Image Rule | Requires that the terms in the acceptance must exactly match the terms contained in the offer. |
| Offer | Proposal by an offeror to do something, provided the offeree does something in return. |
| Offeree | Party to whom an offer is made. |
| Offeror | Party who makes an offer to form a contract. |
| Option | Separate contract arising when the offeree gives the offeror something of value in return for a promise to leave an offer open. |
| Revocation | Withdrawing an offer before it is accepted. |
| Unilateral Contract | Offer promises something in return for the offeree's performance and indicates that this performance is the way acceptance must be made. |