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[edit] English

Most common English words: instance « sake « justice « #908: offer » promise » obliged » ourselves

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English offrian, from Latin offerō.

[edit] Noun

Singular
offer

Plural
offers

offer (plural offers)

  1. A proposal that has been made.
    What's in his offer?
  2. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
    His offer was $3.50 per share.
  3. (law) 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.
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin offerō.

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Infinitive
to offer

Third person singular
offers

Simple past
offered

Past participle
offered

Present participle
offering

to offer (third-person singular simple present offers, present participle offering, simple past and past participle offered)

  1. To propose something.
    She offered to help with her homework.
  2. To place at one’s disposal.
    He offered use of his car for the week.
  3. To proffer.
    He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.
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[edit] Etymology 3

off +‎ -er

[edit] Noun

Singular
offer

Plural
offers

offer (plural offers)

  1. (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
    • 2003, James-Jason Gantt, Losing Summer[1], ISBN 0595297498 9780595297498, page 146:
      Once you finally discover yourself a dismember-er, a de-limber, a fucking head-cutter-offer, the most simple of tasks — enjoying a long walk outside, seeing a movie, conversing with a stranger in the library — all become prized and over-inflated moments of elation.

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offer n. (singular definite ofret or offeret, plural indefinite ofre)

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

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offer n. (plural offers, diminutive offertje)

  1. sacrifice

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offer n. (definite singular offeret; indefinite plural ofre; definite plural ofrene)

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

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Inflection for offer Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form offer offret offer offren
Possessive form offers offrets offers offrens

offer n.

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim