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Offer

verb

(past & past part. offered; pres. part. offering)

1.

Make available or accessible, provide or furnish. "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"

2.

Present for acceptance or rejection. Synonym: proffer.

3.

Agree freely. Synonym: volunteer. "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"

4.

Put forward for consideration.

5.

Offer verbally. Synonym: extend. "He offered his sympathy"

6.

Make available for sale.

7.

Propose a payment. Synonyms: bid, tender.

8.

Produce or introduce on the stage.

9.

Present as an act of worship. Synonym: offer up.

10.

Mount or put up. Synonyms: provide, put up. "Offer resistance"

11.

Make available; provide. Synonym: extend. "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"

12.

Ask (someone) to marry you. Synonyms: declare oneself, pop the question, propose. "She proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months" , "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

13.

Threaten to do something.

noun

1.

The verbal act of offering. Synonym: offering.

2.

Something offered (as a proposal or bid). Synonym: offering.

3.

A usually brief attempt. Synonyms: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl. "I gave it a whirl"

Off

adjective

1.

Not in operation or operational. "The lights are off"

2.

Below a satisfactory level. "His performance was off"

3.

(of events) no longer planned or scheduled. Synonym: cancelled.

4.

In an unpalatable state. Synonyms: sour, turned.

5.

Not performing or scheduled for duties.

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... other way it could be put," said Mr. Carless grimly. "It's the plain truth. But now, if Lord Ellingham refuses that offer, does your client ...

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