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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Usage notes 1.3.1.2 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
instance	sake	justice	#908: offer	promise	obliged	ourselves

[ Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɒfə(r)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑːfɚ/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɒfə(r)

[ Etymology 1

From Old English offrian, from Latin offerō.

[ Noun

Singular offer

Plural offers

offer (plural offers)

1. A proposal that has been made.

   What's in his offer?

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

   His offer was $3.50 per share.

3. (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.

[ Translations

proposal

Danish: bud n., tilbud n. Dutch: voorstel nl(nl) n., aanbod nl(nl) n., bod nl(nl) n., aanzoek nl(nl), aanbieding nl(nl) Finnish: tarjous fi(fi) German: Vorschlag de(de) m., Angebot de(de) n.

Norwegian: forslag no(no) n. Polish: propozycja f., oferta f. Russian: предложение ru(ru) (pr'edložénije) n. Slovene: predlog sl(sl) m.

something put forth

Danish: tilbud n., udbud n. Dutch: voorstel nl(nl) n., bod nl(nl) n. Finnish: tarjous fi(fi) German: Angebot de(de) n. Norwegian: Bokmål: tilbud n., bud n. Nynorsk: tilbod n., bod n.

Polish: oferta pl(pl) f. Russian: предложение ru(ru) (pr'edložénije) n. Slovene: ponudba f.

law: invitation to enter binding contract

Danish: udbudsforretning c. Dutch: bod nl(nl) n. Finnish: tarjous fi(fi) German: Angebot de(de) n., Antrag de(de) m., Offerte de(de) f.

Norwegian: Bokmål: anbud n. Nynorsk: anbod n. Russian: предложение ru(ru) (pr'edložénije) n.

[ Etymology 2

From Latin offerō.

[ Verb

Infinitive to offer

Third person singular offers

Simple past offered

Past participle offered

Present participle offering

to offer (third-person singular simple present offers, present participle offering, simple past and past participle offered)

1. To propose something.

   See offered to help with her homework.

2. To place at one’s disposal.

   He offered use of his car for the week.

3. To proffer.

   He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.

[ Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[ Translations

propose

Arabic: اقترح (iqtáraħa) Chinese: 提议 (tíyì), 建议 (jiàn yì) Danish: tilbyde, foreslå Dutch: voorstellen nl(nl), indienen nl(nl), presenteren nl(nl) Finnish: ehdottaa fi(fi), tarjota fi(fi) French: offrir fr(fr) German: anbieten de(de), vorschlagen de(de) Hungarian: indítványoz, felajánl, kínál Italian: offrire it(it)

Japanese: 申し出る (もうしでる, mōshideru) Korean: 제의하다 (jeuihada) Norwegian: foreslå no(no) Polish: proponować, oferować Portuguese: oferecer pt(pt) Russian: предлагать (predlagát’) (impf.), предложить (predložít’) (pf.) Slovene: predlagati Spanish: ofrecer es(es) Swedish: erbjuda sv(sv)

place at disposal

Chinese: 开设 (kāishè), 提供 (tígōng) Danish: tilbyde, udlove, udsætte Dutch: aanbieden nl(nl), presenteren nl(nl), vertonen nl(nl) Finnish: tarjota, asettaa käyttöön German: anbieten de(de) Hungarian: felajánl, kínál

Norwegian: tilby no(no) Polish: proponować, zaproponować Russian: предлагать (predlagát’) (impf.), предложить (predložít’) (pf.); предоставлять (predostavlját’) (impf.), предоставить (predostávit’) (pf.) Slovene: ponuditi

proffer

Danish: tilbyde Dutch: aanbieden nl(nl), presenteren nl(nl), voorstellen nl(nl) Finnish: tarjota fi(fi) German: anbieten de(de)

Hungarian: felajánl, kínál Norwegian: tilby no(no) Russian: предлагать (predlagát’) (impf.), предложить (predložít’) (pf.) Slovene: ponuditi

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[ Danish

[ Noun

offer n.

1. sacrifice
2. victim

[ Derived terms

• slagteoffer
• ofre

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[ Dutch

[ Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈɔfər/

[ Noun

offer n. (plural offers, diminutive offertje)

1. sacrifice

[ Derived terms

• slachtoffer
• offeren

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[ Norwegian

[ Noun

offer n. (definite singular offeret; indefinite plural ofre; definite plural ofrene)

1. sacrifice
2. victim

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[ Swedish

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

Inflection for offer	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	offer	offret	offer	offren
Genitive	offers	offrets	offers	offrens

offer n.

1. sacrifice
2. victim