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offer [ o·ffer ]
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1. Present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as desired.
I was offered a job on the spot
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2. Express readiness to do something for or on behalf of someone.
‘Can I help you, dear?’ a kindly voice offered
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3. Make available for sale.
the product is offered at a very competitive price
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4. (also offer something up) Present (a prayer or sacrifice) to a deity.
villagers have gone to offer prayers for the souls of the sailors
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5. Provide (access or an opportunity)
the opportunities which the economic recovery will offer
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6. Make an attempt at or show one's readiness for (violence or resistance)
Croatia had offered spirited resistance then but not much going forward.
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7. Give an opportunity for (battle) to an enemy.
James, refusing the advice of his senior staff to withdraw to the Shannon, offered William battle.
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8. (offer something up) Put something in place to assess its appearance or fit.
the infill panels are offered up and bolted in position
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1. An expression of readiness to do or give something if desired.
sympathetic offers of help
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2. An amount of money that someone is willing to pay for something.
A less attractive offer would likely be made this time around, they said.
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3. A specially reduced price.
the offer runs right up until Christmas Eve
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4. A proposal of marriage.
As for the offer of marriage, I would not say that I was tempted.
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Origin
1. Old English offrian ‘sacrifice something to a deity’, of Germanic origin, from Latin offerre ‘bestow, present’ (in ecclesiastical Latin ‘offer to God’), reinforced by French offrir (which continued to express the primary sense). The noun (late Middle English) is from French offre.
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