offer

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English offer, from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee”), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice”), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice”), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice”), Icelandic offr (“offering”). See verb below.

Noun [edit]

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.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
proposal
something put forth
law: invitation to enter binding contract
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English offren, offrien, from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bestow, bring before”, literally “to bring to”), from Latin ob + ferō (“bring, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, *bʰrē- (“to carry, bear”), later reinforced by Old French offrir (“to offer”). Cognate with Old Frisian offria (“to offer”), Old Dutch offrōn (“to offer”), German opfern (“to offer”), Old Norse offra (“to offer”). More at ob-, bear. Displaced Old English ābēodan from ā- + bēodan (“to command, decree, summon”).

Verb [edit]

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

  1. (transitive) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
  2. (transitive) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
    • 2009, Roger Williams, Triumph Tr2, 3, 3a, 4 & 4a
      The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay.
  3. (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
    She offered to help with her homework.
  4. (transitive) 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.
  5. (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
    • 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin 1985, p. 64:
      The opportunity, however, did not offer till next morning, for Phoebe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to sleep.
Usage notes [edit]
Translations [edit]
propose
place at disposal
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Etymology 3 [edit]

off +‎ -er

Noun [edit]

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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Danish [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

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Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of offer
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative offer ofret
offeret		 ofre ofrene
genitive offers ofrets
offerets		 ofres ofrenes

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

offer n (plural offers, diminutive offertje)

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

Derived terms [edit]

Verb [edit]

offer

  1. first-person singular present indicative of offeren
  2. imperative of offeren

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

offer

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of offerō

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Noun [edit]

offer n (definite singular offeret; indefinite plural offer; definite plural offera)

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

offer n

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

Declension [edit]

Declension of offer
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative offer offret offer offren
genitive offers offrets offers offrens
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