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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English offrian, from Latin offerō.

Noun

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
Translations
proposal
something put forth
  • Czech: nabídka cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: tilbud n., udbud n.
  • Dutch: voorstel nl(nl) n., bod nl(nl) n.
  • Finnish: tarjous fi(fi)
  • German: Angebot de(de) n.
  • Greek: προσφορά el(el) (prosforá) f.
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: tilbud n., bud n.
    Nynorsk: tilbod n., bod n.
  • Polish: oferta pl(pl) f.
  • Russian: предложение ru(ru) (pr'edložénije) n.
  • Scottish Gaelic: tairgse gd(gd) f.
  • Slovene: ponudba f.
  • Swedish: bud sv(sv) n.
law: invitation to enter binding contract
  • Czech: nabídka cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: udbudsforretning c.
  • Dutch: bod nl(nl) n.
  • Finnish: tarjous fi(fi)
  • German: Angebot de(de) n., Antrag de(de) m., Offerte de(de) f.
  • Greek: προσφορά el(el) (prosforá) f.
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: anbud n.
    Nynorsk: anbod n.
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  • Bulgarian: предложение bg(bg) n.
  • Chinese: 提议, 建议 (jiànyì)
  • French: offre
  • Hungarian: ajánlat
  • Italian: offerta f.
  • Japanese: 提案 (ていあん, teian), 提供 (ていきょう, teikyō)
  • Norwegian: bud n.
  • Portuguese: oferta f.

Etymology 2

Old English offrian, from Latin offerō; later reinforced by Old French offrir.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To present (something) to a god or holy figure as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
  2. (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
    She offered to help with her homework.
  3. (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.
  4. (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
Translations
propose
  • Italian: offrire it(it)
  • Japanese: 申し出る (もうしでる, mōshideru), 提議する ja(ja) (teigi-suru), 建議する ja(ja) (kengi-suru)
  • Korean: 제의하다 (jeuihada)
  • Norwegian: foreslå no(no)
  • Polish: proponować, oferować
  • Portuguese: oferecer pt(pt)
  • Russian: предлагать (predlagát’) (impf.), предложить (predložít’) (pf.)
  • Scottish Gaelic: tairg gd(gd)
  • Slovene: predlagati sl(sl)
  • Spanish: ofrecer es(es)
  • Swedish: erbjuda sv(sv)
place at disposal
  • Hungarian: felajánl, kínál
  • Japanese: 提供する ja(ja) (teikyō-suru)
  • Norwegian: tilby no(no)
  • Polish: proponować, zaproponować
  • Russian: предлагать (predlagát’) (impf.), предложить (predložít’) (pf.); предоставлять (predostavlját’) (impf.), предоставить (predostávit’) (pf.)
  • Scottish Gaelic: tairg gd(gd)
  • Slovene: ponuditi sl(sl)
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Bulgarian: предлагам bg(bg)
  • French: offrir
  • Hungarian: ajánl

Etymology 3

off +‎ -er

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

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

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

Derived terms

Inflection

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

Pronunciation

Noun

offer n. (plural offers, diminutive offertje)

  1. sacrifice

Derived terms

Verb

offer

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

Norwegian

Noun

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

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

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

 

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