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offer verb [ ˈɒfə ]

• present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as desired.
• "may I offer you a drink?"
Similar: provide, put forward, give, proffer, present, extend, suggest, recommend, propose, propound, advance, submit, tender, render, come up with, bid, put in a bid of, put in an offer of,
Opposite: withdraw, refuse, withhold,
• provide (access or an opportunity).
• "the Coast Road offers easy access to the Nine Glens of Antrim"
Similar: provide, afford, supply, give, furnish, present, give an opportunity for, purvey, make available, hold out, occur, present itself, arrive, appear, happen, show itself,
• put something in place to assess its appearance or fit.
• "the infill panels are offered up and bolted in position"

offer noun

• an expression of readiness to do or give something if desired.
• "sympathetic offers of help"
Similar: proposal, proposition, suggestion, submission, approach, overture, proffer,
Origin: Old English offrian ‘sacrifice something to a deity’, of Germanic origin, from Latin offerre ‘bestow, present’ (in ecclesiastical Latin ‘offer to God’), reinforced by French offrir (which continued to express the primary sense). The noun (late Middle English) is from French offre .

have something to offer

• have something available to be used or appreciated.
"if the injury clears up and I feel I have something to offer I will play again"

offer one's hand

• extend one's hand to be shaken as a sign of friendship.
"the golfer who offers his hand to a victorious opponent"

on offer

• available.
"the number of permanent jobs on offer is relatively small"

open to offers

• willing to sell something or do a job for a reasonable price.
"we have no certain plans to sell but we are open to offers"



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