offer

of·fer  (ôfr, fr)

v. of·fered, of·fer·ing, of·fers

v.tr.

1. To present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: offered me a drink.

2.

a. To put forward for consideration; propose: offer an opinion.

b. To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement: offered new statistics in order to facilitate the decision-making process.

3.

a. To make available; afford: The situation offers us the opportunity to learn more.

b. To present for sale.

c. To provide; furnish: a hotel that offers conference facilities.

4. To propose as payment; bid.

5. To present as an act of worship: offer up prayers.

6. To exhibit readiness or desire (to do something); volunteer: offered to carry the packages.

7. To put up; mount: partisans who offered strong resistance to the invaders.

8. To threaten: offered to leave without them if they didn't hurry.

9. To produce or introduce on the stage: The repertory group is offering two new plays this season.

v.intr.

1. To present an offering in worship or devotion.

2. To make an offer or proposal, especially of marriage.

3. To present itself: "This plan was dropped, because of its risk, and because a better offered" T.E. Lawrence.

n.

1. The act of offering: an offer of assistance.

2. Something, such as a suggestion, proposal, bid, or recommendation, that is offered.

3. Law A proposal that if accepted constitutes a legally binding contract.

4. The condition of being offered, especially for sale: thousands of bushels of wheat on offer.

5.

a. An attempt; a try.

b. A show of intention.

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[Middle English offren, from Old English offrian, to present in worship, and from Old French offrir, to propose, present, both from Latin offerre, to present, offer : ob-, to; see ob- + ferre, to bring; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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offer·er, offer·or n.

Synonyms: offer, proffer, tender², present²
These verbs mean to put before another for acceptance or rejection. Offer is the basic general term in this group: offered us some tea; a store that offered sizable discounts.
Proffer implies voluntary action motivated especially by courtesy or generosity: "Mr. van der Luyden . . . proffered to Newland low-voiced congratulations" Edith Wharton.
To tender is to offer formally: tendered her respects; tendered my resignation.
Present suggests formality and often a measure of ceremony: "A footman entered, and presented . . . some mail on a silver tray" Winston Churchill.

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offer

Verb

1. to present for acceptance or rejection: I offered her a lift

2. to provide: this department offers a wide range of courses

3. to present itself: if an opportunity should offer

4. to be willing (to do something): his father offered to pay his tuition

5. to put forward (a proposal, information, or opinion) for consideration: may I offer a different view?

6. to present for sale

7. to propose as payment; bid

8. to present (a prayer or sacrifice) as an act of worship

9. to show readiness for: to offer resistance

Noun

1. something that is offered

2. the act of offering [Latin offerre to present]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	offer - the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance" offering speech act - the use of language to perform some act
	2.	offer - something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" offering subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about contract offer - offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, proposal - an offer of marriage proposition - an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors) counteroffer - an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer bid, tender - a formal proposal to buy at a specified price prospectus - a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise; "a prospectus should contain the facts that an investor needs to make an informed decision" tender offer - an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both reward - the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property rights issue, rights offering - an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later; "the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders" special - a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising; "they are having a special on pork chops" olive branch, peace offering - something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace twofer - an offer of two for the price of one
	3.	offer - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" fling, go, whirl, crack, pass attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"
Verb	1.	offer - make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" accost, solicit, hook - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	offer - present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink" proffer give - proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister" give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" tender - make a tender of; in legal settlements
	3.	offer - agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it" volunteer act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	4.	offer - put forward for consideration; "He offered his opinion" propose, project - present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
	5.	offer - offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" extend pay, give - convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention" extend, offer - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
	6.	offer - make available for sale; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week" put up - make available for sale at an auction; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction" market - engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products"
	7.	offer - propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" bid, tender auction sale, vendue, auction - the public sale of something to the highest bidder by-bid - bid on behalf of someone else subscribe - offer to buy, as of stocks and shares; "The broker subscribed 500 shares" overbid - bid more than the object is worth underbid - bid too low outbid - bid higher than others underbid - bid lower than a competing bidder
	8.	offer - produce or introduce on the stage; "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month" bring on, bring out, produce - bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play"
	9.	offer - present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods" offer up sacrifice - make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals worship - attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner"
	10.	offer - mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" put up, provide wage, engage - carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
	11.	offer - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" extend offer, extend - offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	12.	offer - ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman" declare oneself, pop the question, propose request - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
	13.	offer - threaten to do something; "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal" threaten - to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

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offer

verb 1. present with, give, hand, hold out to

verb 2. provide, present, furnish, make available, afford, place at (someone's) disposal << OPPOSITE withhold

verb 3. volunteer, come forward, offer your services, be at (someone's) service

verb 4. propose, suggest, advance, extend, submit, put forward, put forth

verb 5. give, show, bring, provide, render, impart

verb 6. put up for sale, sell, put on the market, put under the hammer

verb 7. bid, submit, propose, extend, tender, proffer

noun 8. proposal, suggestion, proposition, submission, attempt, endeavour, overture

noun 9. bid, tender, bidding price

Translations

offer [ˈɔfəʳ] n (gen) → oferta, ofrecimiento (= proposal); propuesta

vt → ofrecer;

"on offer " (COMM) → "en oferta";

to make an offer for sth → hacer una oferta por algo;

to offer sth to sb, offer sb sth → ofrecer algo a algn;

to offer to do sth → ofrecerse a hacer algo

offer [ˈɔfəʳ] n → offre f, proposition f

vt → offrir, proposer;

to make an offer for sth → faire une offre pour qch;

to offer sth to sb, offer sb sth → offrir qch à qn;

to offer to do sth → proposer de faire qch;

"on offer" (Comm) → "en promotion"

offer [ˈɔfəʳ] n → Angebot nt

vt → anbieten [+ money, opportunity, service]; bieten [+ reward]; aussetzen;

to make an offer for sth → ein Angebot für etw machen;

on offer (Comm) (= available); erhältlich;

(000) (= cheaper); im Angebot;

to offer sth to sb → jdm etw anbieten;

to offer to do sth → anbieten, etw zu tun

offer [ˈɔfəʳ] n → offerta, proposta

vt → offrire;

"on offer" (COMM) → "in offerta speciale";

to make an offer for sth → fare un'offerta per qc;

to offer sth to sb, offer sb sth → offrire qc a qn;

to offer to do sth → offrirsi di fare qc

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offer

v offer [ˈofə]

1 to put forward (a gift, suggestion etc) for acceptance or refusal She offered the man a cup of tea; He offered her $20 for the picture.aanbiedيَقْتَرِح، يُهْدي، يَعْرِضпредлагамnabídnouttilbyde(an)bietenπροσφέρω, προτείνωofrecerpakkumaپیشنهاد کردنtarjotaoffrir, proposerלְהַצִיעप्रदान करनाponuditi(fel)ajánlmenawarkanbjóðaoffrire提供する권하다, 제안하다(pa)siūlytipiedāvātmempelawaaanbiedentilby, byzaproponowaćoferecera oferiпредлагатьponúknuťponuditiponuditierbjudaเสนอteklif etmek提供пропонуватиپيش کش کرناmời; đề nghị提供

2 to say that one is willing He offered to help.aanbiedيَعْرِض، يُعْلِن اسْتِعْدادهпредлагамnabídnouttilbydeanbietenπροσφέρομαι, είμαι πρόθυμος να κάνω κτ.ofrecerseend pakkumaداوطلب شدنtarjoutuaoffrir (de)לְהַצִיעपेशकश करनाponuditi se(fel)kínálmenyatakan keinginanbjóðast (til)offrirsi di申し出る(...하겠다고) 제의하다pasisiūlytipiedāvāt (palīdzību), pieteiktiesmenawarkanaanbiedentilby segzaofiarowaćoferecer-sea se oferi (să)предлагатьponúknuťponuditi seponuditierbjudaเสนอteklifte bulunmak(表示願意)пропонуватиآمادگي کا اظہار کرناsẵn sàng（表示愿意）

n

1 an act of offering an offer of help.aanbieding, aanbodعَرْضпредлаганеnabídkatilbuddas Angebotπροσφοράoferta, ofrecimientopakkumineپیشنهادtarjousoffre, propositionהַצָעָהप्रस्तावponudaajánlattawaranboðofferta申し出제공, 제의(pa)siūlymaspiedāvājumstawaranaanbodtilbudpropozycjaofertaofertă, propunereпредложениеponukaponudbaponudaerbjudandeข้อเสนอönerme, teklif提供пропозиціяپيش کشlời mời提供

2 an offering of money as the price of something They made an offer of $50,000 for the house.aanbod, bodعَرْض، سِعْر، ثَمَنофертаnabídkatilbuddas Angebotπροσφορά χρημάτωνofertapakkumineپیشنهادtarjousoffreתְּרוּמָהभेंटponudaajánlatpenawarantilboðofferta付け値매긴[] 값kainos siūlymascenas piedāvājumstawaranbodtilbud, budofertapropostaofertăпредложение ценыponukaponudbaponudabudเสนอราคาfiyat teklifi報價пропозиція ціниبولي، مولsự trả giá报价

n ˈoffering

1 a gift a birthday offering.geskenk, offeringهَدِيَّهподаръкdargave; -gavedas Geschenkδώρο, προσφοράregalokingitusهدیهlahjadon, cadeauמַתָנָהभेंटdarajándékhadiahgjöfdono贈り物선물dovanadāvana, veltījumshadiahgiftgavedarofertadar, cadouподношение; подарокdardarilopoklongåvaของขวัญarmağan獻禮подарунокتحفہmột món quà献礼

2 money given during a religious service a church offering.dankoffer, kollekteتَبَرُّع للكَنيسَهдарениеsbírka (vybrané peníze při bohoslužbě)offergavedie Spendeεισφορά στην εκκλησίαofrendaannetusخیراتkolehtioffrandeמִנחָהदान, चढ़ावाmilostinjaadakozáspersembahanpeningagjöfofferta献金헌금aukaziedojumsdermagaveoffer(gave)datekoferendaofrandăпожертвованиеvybrané peniazedarovanjeprilogoffergåvaของถวายbağış, zekât供奉物пожертвуванняچڑھاواđồ cúng供奉物

on offer

for sale, often cheaply That shop has chairs on offer at $20 each.spesiale aanbieding/aanbodمَعْروض للبَيْعразпродажбаna prodejpå tilbudzu verkaufenσε προσφοράde ofertamüügilفروشیtarjouksessaen promotionלְהַצִיע מְחִירपेशकशrasprodajaeladódijual murahtil sölu, á tilboðsverðiin offerta; in vendita売り出しの팔려고 (싸게) 내놓은parduodamaspārdošanā; izpārdošanāditawarkante kooptil salgs; på tilbudw okazyjnej sprzedażyà vendacu preţ promo­ţional (de)в продажеna predajnaprodajna rasprodajitill saluสำหรับขายsatılık出售у продажуبرائے فروختrao bán出售