offer
Meaning
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- A proposal that has been made.
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
Synonyms
make an offer of
make an application
declare oneself
make a present of
offer of marriage
hand with both hands
yield
purvey
threshold price
make a price
present itself
by-bid
give offering
pass to
subscribe for
make an overture
program sponsoring
programme sponsoring
do respectfully
give a gift
pay homage
announce to
hand to
become an oblation
give him
initial price
name to
giving quotation
price asked
making a price
make a quotation
make quotation
act as
apply for
come near
make a present
Frequency
Hyphenated as
of‧fer
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɒfə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee”), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice”), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice”), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice”), Icelandic offr (“offering”). See verb below.
off
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- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Offstage.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
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