Offer Definition

ôfər, ŏfər
offered, offering, offers
verb
offered, offering, offers
To present for approval or acceptance; proffer; tender.
To offer one's services.
Webster's New World
To present to God or a god in an act of worship.
To offer prayers, offer up sacrifices.
Webster's New World
To present for consideration; suggest; propose.
To offer a plan.
Webster's New World
To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement.
Offered new statistics in order to facilitate the decision-making process.
American Heritage
To make an attempt (at)
Webster's New World
noun
offers
The act of offering.
Webster's New World
Something offered; presentation, proposal, suggestion, bid, etc.
Webster's New World
A proposal supported by adequate consideration, the full and complete acceptance of which constitutes a contract.
Webster's New World
The condition of being offered, especially for sale.
Thousands of bushels of wheat on offer.
American Heritage
The act of presenting something, such as a bargain, with the understanding that should the other party agree, that bargain will be complete.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Offer

Noun

Singular:
offer
Plural:
offers

Origin of Offer

  • 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 *bÊ°er-, *bÊ°rÄ“- (“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 ābÄ“odan from ā- + bÄ“odan (“to command, decree, summon").

    From Wiktionary

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English offren from Old English offrian to present in worship and from Old French offrir to propose, present both from Latin offerre to present, offer ob- to ob– ferre to bring bher-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • off +"Ž -er

    From Wiktionary

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