Offer
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offer¹
- /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɔfɚ/ US
- /ˈɑfɚ/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒfə(ɹ), -ɔːfə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than 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 offers · offre · offa
- A proposal that has been made. What's in his offer?
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. His offer was $3.50 per share.
- 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.
offer²
- /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɔfɚ/ US
- /ˈɑfɚ/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒfə(ɹ), -ɔːfə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English offren, offrien. In the religious senses inherited from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation”); otherwise from Old French ofrir. Both ultimately from Latin offerō (“to present, bestow, bring before”, literally “to bring to”), from Latin ob + ferō (“bring, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“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.
verb offers · offering · offered · offre · offa
- To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). She offered to help with her homework.
- To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. Everybody offered an opinion.
- 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.
- To present (something) for sale.
- To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
- To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc. The city offers beautiful architecture.
- To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly. 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.
- To bid, as a price, reward, or wages. I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.
- To happen, to present itself. The occasion offers, and the youth complies.
- To make an attempt; typically used with at. I will not offer at that I cannot master.
- To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten. to offer violence to somebody
offer³
- /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɔfɚ/ US
- /ˈɑfɚ/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒfə(ɹ), -ɔːfə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Germanic *ab
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of
Middle English of
English off
English -er
English offer
From off + -er.
noun offers · offre · offa
- agent noun of off 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.
Offer⁴
Where it comes from
Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.
proper noun Offers
- A surname.
