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Offer
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 A proposal that has been made.
"What's in his offer?"
- 2 agent noun of off agent, form-of
"Once you finally discover yourself a dismember-er, a de-limber, a fucking head-cutter-offer, the most simple of tasks — enjoying a long walk outside, seeing a movie, conversing with a stranger in the library — all become prized and over-inflated moments of elation."
- 3 a usually brief attempt wordnet
- 4 Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
"His offer was $3.50 per share."
- 5 something offered (as a proposal or bid) wordnet
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- 6 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.
"His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest."
- 7 the verbal act of offering wordnet
- 1 To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). intransitive
"She offered to help with her homework."
- 2 put forward for consideration wordnet
- 3 To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. transitive
"Everybody offered an opinion."
- 4 threaten to do something wordnet
- 5 To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. transitive
"He offered use of his car for the week."
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- 6 ask (someone) to marry you wordnet
- 7 To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.; To present (something) for sale. transitive
- 8 produce or introduce on the stage wordnet
- 9 To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice. transitive
"Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement."
- 10 present for acceptance or rejection wordnet
- 11 To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc. transitive
"The city offers beautiful architecture."
- 12 make available for sale wordnet
- 13 To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly. transitive
"The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay."
- 14 offer verbally wordnet
- 15 To bid, as a price, reward, or wages. transitive
"I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year."
- 16 make available; provide wordnet
- 17 To happen, to present itself. intransitive
"The occasion offers, and the youth complies."
- 18 propose a payment wordnet
- 19 To make an attempt; typically used with at. obsolete
"I will not offer at that I cannot master."
- 20 give something useful or necessary to wordnet
- 21 To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten. transitive
"to offer violence to somebody"
- 22 mount or put up wordnet
- 23 agree freely wordnet
- 24 present as an act of worship wordnet
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.
From Middle English offren, offrien. In the religious senses inherited from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation”); otherwise from Old French ofrir. Both ultimately from Latin offerō (“to present, bestow, bring before”, literally “to bring to”), from Latin ob + ferō (“bring, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”), later reinforced by Old French offrir (“to offer”). Cognate with Old Frisian offria (“to offer”), Old Dutch offrōn (“to offer”), German opfern (“to offer”), Old Norse offra (“to offer”). More at ob-, bear.
From off + -er.
Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.
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