offer

== English == === Alternative forms === offre (obsolete) offa (pronunciation spelling) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔfɚ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑfɚ/ Rhymes: -ɒfə(ɹ), -ɔːfə(ɹ) Hyphenation: of‧fer === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== offer (plural offers) A proposal that has been made. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. (law) 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Tokelauan: ofo ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Verb ==== offer (third-person singular simple present offers, present participle offering, simple past and past participle offered) (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. Synonym: extend (transitive) To present (something) for sale. (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice. (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc. Synonyms: offer up, showcase (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly. (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages. (intransitive) To happen, to present itself. (obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at. (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten. ===== Usage notes ===== This is a catenative verb that takes the to-infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== offering offertory oblate oblation ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From off +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== offer (plural offers) (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === offre, reffo == Danish == === Noun === offer n (singular definite ofret or offeret, plural indefinite ofre) sacrifice victim ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slagteoffer ofre == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔfər/ Hyphenation: of‧fer Rhymes: -ɔfər === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch offer, offere, from Old Dutch *offar, from Proto-West Germanic *offr. By surface analysis, deverbal from offeren (“to sacrifice”). ==== Noun ==== offer n (plural offers, diminutive offertje n) sacrifice, offering Synonyms: offergave, offerande victim ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Negerhollands: offer → Papiamentu: offer (dated) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== offer inflection of offeren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “offer”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute == Latin == === Verb === offer second-person singular present active imperative of offerō == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse offr. === Noun === offer n (definite singular offeret, indefinite plural offer or ofre, definite plural ofra or ofrene) a sacrifice a victim, a casualty ==== Derived terms ==== dødsoffer selvmordsoffer === References === “offer” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse offr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔfɛr/ === Noun === offer n (definite singular offeret, indefinite plural offer, definite plural offera) a sacrifice a victim, a casualty ==== Derived terms ==== dødsoffer soloffer === References === “offer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse offr. === Pronunciation === === Noun === offer n a sacrifice a victim ==== Usage notes ==== A sacrifice in the sense of giving something up for some purpose, like a personal sacrifice, is more commonly an uppoffring. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== erbjudande (“offer”) === References === offer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) offer in Svensk ordbok (SO) offer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) offer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) offer in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T === Anagrams === Roffe == Welsh == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɔfɛr/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɔfar/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈoːfɛr/, /ˈɔfɛr/ Rhymes: -ɔfɛr === Noun === offer f (plural offerau or offeriau or offrau) equipment ==== Derived terms ==== offeryn (“instrument, tool”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “offer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies