"counterquestion" meaning in English

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          "text": "This leads to a counterquestion — why can’t M.L.B. be happy to initiate its channel with a combined guaranteed 30 million subscribers?",
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          "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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          "word": "wedervraag"
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          "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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          "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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          "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
          "word": "protupitanje"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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          "word": "motfråga"
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      "word": "wedervraag"
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      "sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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