offer
verb
- propose something
noun
- commercial document offering something to somebody against payment
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/ / /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/ / /ˈɔfɚ/
name
Etymology: Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: 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.
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: 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.
- 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.”
“He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.”
- To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- 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.”
“The opportunity however did not offer till next morning, for Phœbe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to ſleep:”
- To make an attempt; typically used with at.
“I will not offer at that I cannot master.”
“He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.”
- To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
“to offer violence to somebody”
“The peasants offered no resistance as they were rounded up.”