| offer | |
| 1. n. A proposal that has been made. | |
| What's in his offer? | |
| 2. n. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. | |
| His offer was $3.50 per share. | |
| 3. n. (legal) 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 invitat | |
| His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest. | |
| 4. v. To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice. | |
| 5. v. To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). | |
| She offered to help with her homework. | |
| 7. v. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. | |
| Everybody offered an opinion. | |
| 8. v. 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. | |
| 9. v. 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. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To happen, to present itself. | |
| 11. v. (obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at. | |
| 12. v. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten. | |
| to offer violence to somebody | |
| 13. n. (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off | |
