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Definition of Offer

1. Verb. Make available or accessible, provide or furnish. "They offer the tourists their cars"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"

2. Noun. The verbal act of offering. "A generous offer of assistance"

3. Verb. Present for acceptance or rejection. "She offered us all a cold drink"

4. Noun. Something offered (as a proposal or bid). "Noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"

5. Verb. Agree freely. "They offer to move "; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"

6. Noun. A usually brief attempt. "I gave it a whirl"

7. Verb. Put forward for consideration. "He offered his opinion"

8. Verb. Offer verbally. "He offered his sympathy"

9. Verb. Make available for sale. "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"

10. Verb. Propose a payment. "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

11. Verb. Produce or introduce on the stage. "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month"

12. Verb. Present as an act of worship. "Offer prayers to the gods"

13. Verb. Mount or put up. "Offer resistance"

14. Verb. Make available; provide. "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"

15. Verb. Ask (someone) to marry you. "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

16. Verb. Threaten to do something. "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"

Definition of Offer

1. v. t. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

2. v. i. To present itself; to be at hand.

3. n. The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

Definition of Offer

1. Noun. A proposal that has been made. ¹

2. Noun. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. ¹

3. Noun. (legal) 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. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To happen, to present itself. ¹

9. Noun. (context: used in combinations from phrasal verbs) ''agent noun of '''off''''' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Offer

1. to present for acceptance or rejection [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Offer

offensive activity offensive back offensive backs offensive foul offensive fouls offensive line offensive line of scrimmage offensive lines offensive tackle offensive zone

offensive zones offensively offensiveness offensivenesses offensives offer (current term) offer'd offer affordances offer one's condolences offer price

offer the light offer up offerable offered offeree offerees offerer offerers offerest offereth

Literary usage of Offer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"My word standeth sure, Except a man forsake all, he cannot be My disciple.1 Thou therefore, if thou wilt be My disciple, offer thyself to Me with all thy ..."

2. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"And she is not likely to refuse such prospects as you can offer her." " The father and mother would let you do any thing you liked with them. ..."

3. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the by American Bible Society (1870)
"11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 Ti And he that offered his ..."

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