Definitions for offer
ˈɔ fər, ˈɒf ərof·fer

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 6 votes

1. offer, offeringnoun

   the verbal act of offering

   "a generous offer of assistance"

2. offer, offeringnoun

   something offered (as a proposal or bid)

   "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"

3. crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offerverb

   a usually brief attempt

   "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

4. offerverb

   make available or accessible, provide or furnish

   "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"

5. offer, profferverb

   present for acceptance or rejection

   "She offered us all a cold drink"

6. volunteer, offerverb

   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"

7. offerverb

   put forward for consideration

   "He offered his opinion"

8. offer, extendverb

   offer verbally

   "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"

9. offerverb

   make available for sale

   "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"

10. offer, bid, tenderverb

    propose a payment

    "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

11. offerverb

    produce or introduce on the stage

    "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month"

12. offer, offer upverb

    present as an act of worship

    "offer prayers to the gods"

13. put up, provide, offerverb

    mount or put up

    "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"

14. extend, offerverb

    make available; provide

    "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"

15. propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the questionverb

    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"

16. offerverb

    threaten to do something

    "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. offernoun

   agent noun of off

2. Etymology: From offren, offrien, from offrian, from offero, from ob + fero, from bʰer-, later reinforced by offrir. Cognate with offria, offron, opfern, offra. More at ob-, bear.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Offernoun

   Etymology: offre, Fr. from the verb.

   1. Proposal of advantage to another.

   Some nymphs there are, too conscious of their face;
   These swell their prospects, and exalt their pride,
   When offers are disdain’d, and love deny’d. Alexander Pope.

   2. First advance.

   Force compels this offer,
   And it proceeds from policy, not love. ——
   —— Mowbray, you overween to take it so:
   This offer comes from mercy, not from fear. William Shakespeare.

   What wouldst beg, Laertes,
   That shall not be my offer, not thy asking? William Shakespeare.

   3. Proposal made.

   Th’ offers he doth make,
   Were not for him to give, nor them to take. Daniel.

   I enjoined all the ladies to tell the company, in case they had been in the siege and had the same offer made them as the good women of that place, what every one of them would have brought off with her, and have thought most worth the saving. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   It carries too great an imputation of ignorance, or folly, to quit and renounce former tenets upon the offer of an argument which cannot immediately be answered. John Locke.

   4. Price bid; act of bidding a price.

   When stock is high, they come between,
   Making by second hand their offers;
   Then cunningly retire unseen,
   With each a million in his coffers. Jonathan Swift.

   5. Attempt; endeavour.

   Many motions, though they be unprofitable to expel that which hurteth, yet they are offers of nature, and cause motions by consent; as in groaning, or crying upon pain. Francis Bacon.

   It is in the power of every one to make some essay, some offer and attempt, so as to shew that the heart is not idle or insensible, but that it is full and big, and knows itself to be so, though it wants strength to bring forth. Robert South, Serm.

   One sees in it a kind of offer at modern architecture, but at the same time that the architect has shown his dislike of the gothic manner, one may see that they were not arrived at the knowledge of the true way. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   6. Something given by way of acknowledgment.

   Fair streams that do vouchsafe in your clearness to represent unto me my blubbered face, let the tribute offer of my tears procure your stay a while with me, that I may begin yet at last to find something that pities me. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

2. To OFFERverb

   Etymology: offero, Lat. offrir, Fr.

   1. To present to any one; to exhibit any thing so as that it may be taken or received.

   The heathen women under the Mogul, offer themselves to the flames at the death of their husbands. Collier.

   Some ideas forwardly offer themselves to all mens understandings; some sort of truths result from any idea, as soon as the mind puts them into propositions. John Locke.

   Servants placing happiness in strong drink, make court to my young master, by offering him that which they love. John Locke.

   2. To sacrifice; to immolate; to present as an act of worship.

   They offered unto the Lord of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen. 2 Chron. xv. 11.

   He shall offer of it all the fat thereof. Lev. vii. 3.

   An holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices. 1 Pet. ii. 5.

   Whole herds of offer’d bulls about the fire,
   And bristled boars and woolly sheep expire. Dryden.

   When a man is called upon to offer up himself to his conscience, and to resign to justice and truth, he should be so far from avoiding the lists, that he should rather enter with inclination, and thank God for the honour. Collier.

   3. To bid, as a price or reward.

   Nor shouldst thou offer all thy little store,
   Will rich Iolas yield, but offer more. Dryden.

   4. To attempt; to commence.

   Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and began first to offer violence. 2 Mac. iv. 40.

   5. To propose.

   In all that great extent wherein the mind wanders in remote speculations, it stirs not one jot beyond those ideas which sense or reflection have offered for its contemplation. John Locke.

   Our author offers no reason. John Locke.

3. To Offerverb

   1. To be present; to be at hand; to present itself.

   No thought can imagine a greater heart to see and contemn danger, where danger would offer to make any wrongful threatning upon him. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Th’ occasion offers, and the youth complies. Dryden.

   2. To make an attempt.

   We came close to the shore, and offered to land. Francis Bacon.

   One offers, and in off’ring makes a stay;
   Another forward sets, and doth no more. Samuel Daniel, Civ. War.

   I would treat the pope and his cardinals roughly, if they offered to see my wife without my leave. Dryden.

   3. With at.

   I will not offer at that I cannot master. Francis Bacon.

   I hope they will take it well that I should offer at a new thing, and could forbear presuming to meddle where any of the learned pens have ever touched before. John Graunt.

   Write down and make signs to him to pronounce them, and guide him by shewing him by the motion of your own lips to offer at one of those letters; which being the easiest, he will stumble upon one of them. William Holder.

   The masquerade succeeded so well with him, that he would be offering at the shepherd’s voice and call too. Roger L'Estrange.

   It contains the grounds of his doctrine, and offers at somewhat towards the disproof of mine. Francis Atterbury.

   Without offering at any other remedy, we hastily engaged in a war, which hath cost us sixty millions. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. offer

   An offer is a proposal or expression of willingness to enter into an agreement, sell a product or service, or engage in an action under certain specified conditions, typically with the expectation of receiving something in return. It can be conditional and may be legally binding depending on the circumstances.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Offer

   of′ėr, v.t. to bring to or before: to hold out for acceptance or rejection: to make a proposal to: to lay before: to present to the mind: to attempt: to propose to give, as a price or service: to present in worship.—v.i. to present itself: to be at hand: to declare a willingness.—n. act of offering: first advance: that which is offered: proposal made.—adj. Off′erable, that may be offered.—ns. Off′erer; Off′ering, act of making an offer: that which is offered: a gift: (B.) that which is offered on an altar: a sacrifice: (pl.) in Church of England, certain dues payable at Easter; Off′ertory, act of offering, the thing offered: the verses or the anthem said or sung while the offerings of the congregation are being made and the celebrant is placing the unconsecrated elements on the altar: the money collected at a religious service: anciently a linen or silken cloth used in various ceremonies connected with the administration of the eucharist. [L. offerre—ob, towards, ferre, to bring.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. offer

   To give an opportunity.

   They did offer the use of their house while they were on holidays.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 26, 2020  

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1. Offer

   Offer vs. Offering -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Offer and Offering.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OFFER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Offer is ranked #35294 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Offer surname appeared 638 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Offer.
   
   57.2% or 365 total occurrences were White.
   35.7% or 228 total occurrences were Black.
   2.8% or 18 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.6% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Auction
   • Engage
   • Give
   • Market
   • Message
   • Produce
   • Propose
   • Provide
   • Request
   • Speech Act
   • Threaten

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'offer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1008

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'offer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1576

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'offer' in Nouns Frequency: #647

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'offer' in Verbs Frequency: #70

How to pronounce offer?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say offer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of offer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of offer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of offer in a Sentence

1. Li Quanxi:

   We will arrange free services at cemeteries, the staff will offer free tomb cleaning and free flowers, we want to encourage people to transform social traditions amid the coronavirus outbreak.

2. Michael Kugelman:

   We shouldn't overstate the importance of this letter. It may be a case of the Taliban trying to earn some legitimacy and goodwill by playing the role of good guy and proposing nonviolent solutions, at the end of the day, The Taliban has no incentive to propose talks unless it's starting to feel major pressure on the battlefield. Though U.S. forces have ramped up their fight, I think it's too early for The Taliban to suddenly conclude it's not worth fighting anymore. Michael Kugelman said the Taliban offer could nonetheless be useful to the President Trump administration. Even if the letter is just a bluff, and I assume it is, the White House can say - Look, our strategy is already paying off. A spate of bombings last month in Kabul fueled anger against The Taliban across the country, and prompted the President Trump administration to close the doors for peace talks with the Islamic insurgents. Taliban fighters( Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) But The Taliban knows President Trump does n’t want the U.S. to be in Special Representative for Afghanistan. The Taliban will be banking on the belief the U.S. and the West have lost the will to remain there. US ADDING AIR POWER, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN AFGHANISTAN US AND PAKISTAN CLASH AT United Nations ' OVER Special Representative for Afghanistan In a recent visit to eastern Special Representative for Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, who commands the U.S. and NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the Special Representative for Afghanistan, said the intensified U.S. offensive is producing results.

3. Robin Clark:

   There are a lot of psychosocial support just around daily living that really good effective centers try to offer to help people re-enter normal life after they have been unemployed, many people have been in prison.

4. Rand Paul:

   So we have to understand that asking countries right on the border of Russia that used to be part of Russia to be in a military alliance against Russia is just a foolhardy idea. Henry Kissinger said this, many others have said this, and I think we should offer them the carrot of that, that they won't be in NATO and at the same time, tell them, though, that if you invade there, the repercussions will be very, very costly and these will be economic repercussions. But all of that requires the cooperation of Europe because we don't buy that much from Russia.

5. Susan Gordon:

   If I were to take my experience and offer conjecture, it would be practical, i need Russia.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=offer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Offer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=offer
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=offer
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html