offer meaning
EN
[ˈɒfə(ɹ)] [ˈɔfɚ] [ˈɑfɚ] [-ɒfə(ɹ)] [-ɔːfə(ɹ)] 
US WOffer
- In business, an offer is a proposal to sell or buy a specific product or service under specific conditions:
- a tender offer is an offer to buy company stock from existing stockholders under specific conditions
- an offer price, or ask price, is the price a seller is willing to accept for a particular good
- a special offer is a kind of sales promotion
- In law:
- Offer and acceptance, elements of a contract
- Settlement offer, an offer to end a civil lawsuit out of court
- Offer of judgment
- People:
- Avner Offer, economic historian
- NounPLoffersPREoff-SUF-er
- A proposal that has been made.
- What's in his offer?
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- His offer was $3.50 per share.
- (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.
- His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off.
- Once you finally discover yourself a dismember-er, a de-limber, a fucking head-cutter-offer, the most simple of tasks — enjoying a long walk outside, seeing a movie, conversing with a stranger in the library — all become prized and over-inflated moments of elation.
- A proposal that has been made.
- VerbSGoffersPRofferingPT, PPoffered
- VT To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
- VT To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- VI To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- She offered to help with her homework.
- VT To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- Everybody offered an opinion.
- VT To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- He offered use of his car for the week. He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.
- VT To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.
- VI To happen, to present itself.
- OBS To make an attempt; used with at.
- VT To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
- to offer violence to somebody
- VT To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The boss incentivises the workforce by offering bonuses.
- The Baggies had offered little threat until the 28th minute, but when their first chance came it was a clear one.
- The boss is incentivising the workforce by offering bonuses.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes benefits to a large community, but also externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- We should strike while the iron is hot and order some immediately, before they change the offer.
- I jumped at the position as soon as it was offered.
- Meanwhile, selection strongly favored responders that accepted fair or hyperfair offers.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of offer in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -er
- Words suffixed with -er
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Morphemes
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "offer" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a reporting verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.