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proffer verb [ ˈprɒfə ]

• hold out or put forward (something) to someone for acceptance.
• "she proffered a glass of wine"
Similar: offer, tender, present, extend, give, submit, volunteer, suggest, propose, put forward, hold out,
Opposite: refuse, withdraw,

proffer noun

• an offer or proposal.
Origin: Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French proffrir, from Latin pro- ‘before’ + offerre ‘to offer’.


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