1. Present for acceptance or rejection
   "She offered us all a cold drink";
   - proffer
    
2. Give something useful or necessary to
   "The conference centre offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms";
   - supply, provide, render, furnish
    
3. Agree freely
   "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it";
   - volunteer
    
4. Make available; provide
   "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages";
   - extend
    
5. Make available for sale
   "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"
    
6. Propose an amount you are prepared to pay for something
   "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting";
   - bid, tender
    
7. Put forward for consideration
   "He offered his opinion"
    
8. Offer verbally
   "He offered his sympathy";
   - extend
    
9. Produce or introduce on the stage
   "The Shakespeare Company is offering ‘King Lear’ this month"
    
10. Present as an act of worship
    "offer prayers to the gods";
    - offer up
     
11. Present or mount (resistance, opposition, defence, etc.)
    "offer resistance";
    - put up, provide
     
12. Threaten to do something
    "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"

1. Something offered (as a proposal or bid)
   "noteworthy new offers for investors included several index funds";
   - offering
    
2. The verbal act of offering
   "a generous offer of assistance";
   - offering

Derived forms: offered, offers, offering

Type of: act, advise, bring on, bring out, content, engage, give, market, message, move, pay, produce, project, propose, speech act, subject matter, substance, suggest, threaten, wage, worship

Encyclopedia: Offer, Steve