- an act of saying that you are willing to do something for somebody or give something to somebody
- to receive a job offer
- to accept/reject/decline an offer
- offer of something Thank you for your kind offer of help.
- I took him up on his offer of a loan.
- You can't just turn down offers of work like that.
- an offer of marriage
- offer to do something I accepted her offer to pay.
Extra Examples- They refused our offer of assistance.
- The Rams have made him a two-year contract offer.
- I had to turn down a job offer from a publisher because the pay was too low.
- She received a conditional offer from the University of Warwick.
- The union has voted for industrial action after rejecting a pay offer.
- I must decline your generous offer.
- He accepted the offer by management to begin talks.
- She's already received several offers of employment.
- They declined an offer of humanitarian aid after the hurricane.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- kind
- conditional
- …
- make (somebody)
- withdraw
- get
- …
- on offer
- offer from
- offer of
- …
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- an amount of money that somebody is willing to pay for something
- offer for something I've had an offer of $2 500 for the car.
- The museum received an offer for the painting of $19 million.
- They've decided to accept our original offer.
- The offer has been withdrawn.
- offer (that)… They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
- The original price was £3 000, but I'm open to offers (= willing to consider offers that are less than that).
Wordfindersee also o.n.o.Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa2, Businessa2- Don't just accept the first offer.
- Excellent condition. $1 000 or best offer.
- No one has made a firm offer.
- Several people put in an offer for the house.
- The company says it has made a good offer which cannot be improved upon.
- They just kept upping their offer until I had to say yes.
- We realized we would not get a higher offer.
- We should be able to match their offer for the player.
- ‘How much do you want for it?’ ‘Make me an offer.’
- Have you had any offers on the flat?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acceptable
- attractive
- fair
- …
- make (somebody)
- put in
- withdraw
- …
- price
- under offer
- offer for
- offer of
- …
- be open to offers
- or best offer
- or near offer
- …
- a reduction in the normal price of something, usually for a short period of time
- This special offer is valid until the end of the month.
- See next week's issue for details of more free offers.
- offer on something They have an offer on new phones at the moment.
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga2- I got the conditioner in a free offer with my shampoo.
- The council do cheap offers on compost bins.
- Your first order is delivered free as an introductory offer.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- special
- cheap
- free
- …
- on offer
Word OriginOld English offrian ‘sacrifice something to a deity’, of Germanic origin, from Latin offerre ‘bestow, present’ (in ecclesiastical Latin ‘offer to God’), reinforced by French offrir (which continued to express the primary sense). The noun (late Middle English) is from French offre.
Idioms
See offer in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee offer in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishon offer
- that can be bought, used, etc.
- The following is a list of courses currently on offer.
- Prizes worth more than £20 000 are on offer.
- (especially British English) on sale at a lower price than normal for a short period of time
- Italian wines are on (special) offer this week.
- We have a number of bargains on offer.
under offer
- (British English) if a house or other building is under offer, somebody has agreed to buy it at a particular price
- The property is currently under offer to a client.
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