Meaning

3 senses
  1. A proposal that has been made.

    What's in his offer?

    I decline your offer to contract.

    Vorschlag, Angebot

    предложе́ниеpredložénije

    пропози́ціяpropozýcija

    something offered (as a proposal or bid)

  2. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

    His offer was $3.50 per share.

    Angebot

    предложе́ниеpredložénije

  3. 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.

    His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest.

    Angebot, Antrag, Offerte

    предложе́ниеpredložénije

Examples

2563 sentences
  1. We offered him a nice job.

    Ми запропонували йому гарну роботу. — ascolto

    ruМы предложили ему хорошую работу. — corvard

  2. I offered to help Tom move.

    Я запропонував Тому допомогу в переїзді. — deniko

  3. It's an offer they can't refuse.

    Це пропозиція, від якої вони не зможуть відмовитися. — miketheknight

    ruЭто предложение, от которого они не могут отказаться. — odexed

    deDas ist ein Angebot, das sie nicht ablehnen können. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Did you offer Tom any assistance?

    Ти запропонував Тому допомогу? — deniko

    ruТы предложил Тому помощь? — sharptoothed

  5. Tom has been offered a job.

    Тому запропонували роботу. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
proposal:
Русский
By meaning 1
proposal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
proposal:
law: invitation to enter binding contract:

Origin

From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather t

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.

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Forms

plural: offers
Singularoffer
Pluraloffers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • offered to help
  • accepted the offer
  • offered a job
  • an an offer
  • accept our offer
  • been offered a
  • accept your offer
  • offered to pay
  • job offer
  • one who offered
  • offered to drive
  • offered to lend

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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