offer

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User interface 101: if the app needs to be set up on the first launch, offer to do that, please.

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Quick take

the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of offer gathered in one view.

noun

the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"

noun

something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"

noun

a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for offer.

noun

the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"

noun

something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"

noun

a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

verb

make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"

verb

present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"

verb

agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"

verb

put forward for consideration; "He offered his opinion"

verb

offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"

verb

make available for sale; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"

verb

propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

verb

produce or introduce on the stage; "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month"

verb

present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods"

verb

mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"

verb

make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"

verb

ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

verb

threaten to do something; "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"

Example sentences

User interface 101: if the app needs to be set up on the first launch, offer to do that, please.

" I mean, I was joking, but no... the only API call we offer is to get someone's stream.

A prop trading firm offered him 50% more, and the software company matched the offer.

These counsel against the typical retail bank even trying to offer them.

But they don't have any of our perks or extras -- they just try to match the offer-letter numbers, and that's the end of it.

Facebook -- that is, the stock service they offer with walls and friends and such -- is the killer app for the Facebook Platform.

Well, my offer letter said I'd be in the stock plan, but apparently that was meaningless legally.

Otherwise, B&N wouldn't be able to place a "20% off" sticker on bestselling titles, or offer large discounts to move remaindered stock.

If you were any good at the oil business at all, he would also offer you a job, which again would have eventually made you very very rich.

You also start to get a long view on things, where all these new things coming out don't really seem to offer any advantage to you that keeps development fun.

The reason why Tesla is able to pay the Dept of Energy loan early is because of a secondary stock and bonds offering worth about >850+ million.

That's a big deal, because while everyone expected Drive to offer features that compete with Dropbox, this feature competes with operating systems.

A dear friend and excellent negotiator told me that when he gets any kind of short-term exploding offer, the first thing he does is verbally reject the deadline.

The pre-requisites were some basic programming, and, either, google + wikiepdia, or a basics of machine learning course, like the one that's offered on coursera regularly.

Google has enabled its own Android phones to access YouTube so that users can search for video categories, find favorites, see ratings, and so forth in the rich user interfaces offered by those phones.

The longest, and hardest, i had was a project that ended up with me stuffing envelopes every night and making daily trips to the post office sending of letters to people around the world because my offer started getting passed from message board to message board.