offer
/ˈɔfɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
verb
To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "What's in his offer?"
- "I decline your offer to contract."
- "One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier."
- "His offer was $3.50 per share."
- "His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest."
- "She offered to help with her homework."
Etymology
From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee”), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice”), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice”), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice”), Icelandic offr (“offering”). See verb below.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔfɚ/
- British English: /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/