offering
Other forms: offerings
An offering is a type of offer or bid, like the kind made in a business meeting.
When you offer something—like a cookie—you're asking someone if they want it. An offering is like that: it's an offer. One type of offering is a proposal or bid made in business. A sports team could make an offering of three million dollars a year to a running back. A bidder could make an offering of one thousand dollars at an auction. An offering is a promise to pay that much if the offering is accepted.
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something offered (as a proposal or bid)“noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds”
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offer
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contract offer
offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate
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marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal, proposal of marriage
an offer of marriage
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proposition
an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
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counteroffer
an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer
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bid, tender
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
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prospectus
a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise
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tender offer
an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both
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reward
the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
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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
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special
a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
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olive branch, peace offering
something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace
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twofer
an offer of two for the price of one
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takeover bid
an offer to buy shares in order to take over the company
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question
an informal reference to a marriage proposal
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overbid
a bid that is higher than preceding bids
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buyout bid
a bid to buy all of a person's holdings
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price
a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal
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content, message, subject matter, substance
what a communication that is about something is about
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money contributed to a religious organization
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tithe
an offering of a tenth part of some personal income
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offertory
the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
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Peter's pence, hearth money
an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see
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thank offering
an offering made as an expression of thanks
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contribution, donation
a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
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something presented to a deity as a sacrifice or symbol of devotion
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gift
something acquired without compensation
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gift
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the verbal act of offering
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offer
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speech act
the use of language to perform some act
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speech act
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the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity
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Vocabulary lists containing offering
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