offer
Forms
- Plural
- offers
- present (v1)
- offer
- past (v2)
- offered
- past participle (v3)
- offered
- present participle
- offering
- 3rd person singular
- offers
Definitions
1.A proposal that has been made.
- I decline your offer to contract.
2.Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- His offer was $3.50 per share.
3.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.
4.agent noun of off
- I turned down the offer.
1.To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- She offered to help with her homework.
2.To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
3.To 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.
4.To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #418
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
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”).