offer
Noun
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is a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some actsame as: offering
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is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is aboutsubtypes:
- contract offer - offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate
- marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal, proposal of marriage - an offer of marriage
- proposition - an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
- counteroffer - an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer
- bid, tender - a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- prospectus - a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise
- tender offer - an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both
- reward - the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
- rights issue, rights offering - an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later
- special - a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- olive branch, peace offering - something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace
- twofer - an offer of two for the price of one
same as: offering
Verb
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is a type of: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebodysame as: proffer
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same as: volunteer
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same as: extend
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is a type of: market - engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution ofsubtypes: put up - make available for sale at an auction
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subtypes:
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is a type of: worship - attend religious servicessubtypes: sacrifice - make a sacrifice of; in religious ritualssame as: offer up
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same as: extend
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is a type of: request - ask (a person) to do something
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is a type of: threaten - to utter intentions of injury or punishment against
Found on Word Lists
- Events ("What?")
- Nouns denoting acts or actions
- Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- Specific
- Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
- Verbs of buying, selling, owning
- Verbs of political and social activities and events
- Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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