/ˈɒfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔfɚ/
OriginFrom 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.
- A proposal that has been made.
“What's in his offer?”
“I decline your offer to contract.”
“One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free ”
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
“His offer was $3.50 per share.”
- 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.”
- agent, form-ofagent noun of off
“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 ”
- intransitiveTo propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
“She offered to help with her homework.”
- transitiveTo present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
“Everybody offered an opinion.”
- transitiveTo place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
“He offered use of his car for the week.”
“He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.”
“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or priv”
- transitiveTo present (something) for sale.
- transitiveTo present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
“Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.”
- transitiveTo present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
“The city offers beautiful architecture.”
- transitiveTo place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
“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.”
- transitiveTo bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
“I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.”
- intransitiveTo happen, to present itself.
“The occasion offers, and the youth complies.”
“The opportunity however did not offer till next morning, for Phœbe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to ſleep:” — Fanny Hill
“Much was I disappointed upon learning that the little packet for Nantucket had already sailed, and that no way of reaching that place would offer, till the following Monday.”
- obsoleteTo make an attempt; typically used with at.
“I will not offer at that I cannot master.”
“He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.”
“[W]ithout offering at any other Remedy, without taking time to conſider the Conſequences, or to reflect on our own Condition, we haſtily engaged in a War which hath coſt us ſixty Millions; […]”
- transitiveTo put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
“to offer violence to somebody”
“The peasants offered no resistance as they were rounded up.”
“A car turned the corner and stopped, and three or four people emerged and approached her, grabbing her purse. When she offered resistance, one of the assailants took out a knife and stabbed her in the”
Formsoffers(plural) · offre(alternative) · offa(alternative, pronunciation-spelling) · offers(present, singular, third-person) · offering(participle, present) · offered(participle, past) · offered(past) · Offers(plural)