offer
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
law
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
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.
Inflected forms:
form: offers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: offre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: offa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: offers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: offering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: offered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: offered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: offre
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: offa
pos: verb
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
Senses:
gloss: A proposal that has been made.
pos: noun
examples: 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 from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
gloss: Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
pos: noun
examples: His offer was $3.50 per share.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest.
gloss: To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She offered to help with her homework.
gloss: To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Everybody offered an opinion.
gloss: To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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 privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic[…]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become.[…]But the scandals kept coming,[…]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
gloss: To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
gloss: To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The city offers beautiful architecture.
gloss: To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.
gloss: To happen, to present itself.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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:
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.
gloss: To make an attempt; typically used with at.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: 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; […]
Here Jones, after expressing the utmost uneasiness, offered to stop her mouth:—“Hey-day! why sure, Mr Jones, you will let me speak; I speaks no scandal, for I only says what I heard from others […]
gloss: To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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 lower abdomen and legs.
The Viet Cong and NVA tended to offer battle only when they felt that they held a tactical advantage – if they didn't they usually hunkered down in their nearly invisible bunkers and let the Americans pass.
Related words: offering
offertory
oblate
oblation
Derived words: counteroffer
dozens offer
job offer
make an offer
offer curve
offerless
offer of proof
offer one can't refuse
offer versus serve
offer wanted
on offer
postoffer
rights offer
tender offer
throffer
offerable
offer affordances
offer a knee
offeree
offerer
offer one's condolences
offeror
offer the light
offer up
reoffer
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: قدم
roman: ʔaddim
lang: Basque
word: eskaini
lang: Bulgarian
word: предла́гам
roman: predlágam
lang: Bulgarian
word: предло́жа
roman: predlóža
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 開設 /开设
roman: kāishè
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 提供
roman: tígōng
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: utamania
lang: Czech
word: nabídnout
lang: Czech
word: nabízet
lang: Danish
word: tilbyde
lang: Danish
word: udlove
lang: Danish
word: udsætte
lang: Dutch
word: aanbieden
lang: Dutch
word: presenteren
lang: Dutch
word: vertonen
lang: Dutch
word: voorstellen
lang: Esperanto
word: disponigi
lang: Faliscan
word: pordo
lang: Finnish
word: tarjota
lang: Finnish
word: asettaa käyttöön
lang: French
word: offrir
lang: German
word: anbieten
lang: Central Franconian
word: aabeie
lang: Greek
word: προσφέρω
roman: prosféro
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παρέχω
roman: parékhō
lang: Hungarian
word: felajánl
lang: Hungarian
word: kínál
lang: Ingrian
word: tarita
lang: Italian
word: offrire
lang: Japanese
word: 提供する
roman: teikyō suru
lang: Khmer
word: លើកឲ្យ
roman: ləək ʼaoy
lang: Khmer
word: ជូន
roman: cuun
lang: Latin
word: praebeō
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tilby
lang: Occitan
word: ofrir
lang: Polish
word: proponować
lang: Polish
word: zaproponować
lang: Polish
word: oferować
lang: Polish
word: zaoferować
lang: Portuguese
word: oferecer
lang: Russian
word: предлага́ть
roman: predlagátʹ
lang: Russian
word: предложи́ть
roman: predložítʹ
lang: Russian
word: предоставля́ть
roman: predostavljátʹ
lang: Russian
word: предоста́вить
roman: predostávitʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: tairg
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: tathainn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̀нудити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pònuditi
lang: Slovak
word: ponúkať
lang: Slovak
word: ponúknuť
lang: Slovene
word: ponuditi
lang: Spanish
word: ofrecer
lang: Spanish
word: presentar
lang: Swedish
word: erbjuda
lang: Thai
word: เสนอ
roman: sà-nə̌ə
lang: Tibetan
word: བཏབ་པ
roman: btab pa
lang: Turkish
word: önermek
lang: Turkish
word: teklif etmek
lang: Vietnamese
word: bày bán
lang: Welsh
word: cynnig