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Offering

noun

1.

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

2.

Money contributed to a religious organization.

3.

The verbal act of offering. Synonym: offer.

4.

The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity. Synonym: oblation.

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.

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