offer

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: offered me a drink.
2. v. To put forward for consideration; propose: offer an opinion.
3. v. To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement: offered new statistics in order to facilitate the decision-making process.
4. v. To make available; afford: The situation offers us the opportunity to learn more.
5. v. To present for sale.
6. v. To provide; furnish: a hotel that offers conference facilities.
7. v. To propose as payment; bid.
8. v. To present as an act of worship: offer up prayers.
9. v. To exhibit readiness or desire (to do something); volunteer: offered to carry the packages.
10. v. To put up; mount: partisans who offered strong resistance to the invaders.
11. v. To threaten: offered to leave without them if they didn't hurry.
12. v. To produce or introduce on the stage: The repertory group is offering two new plays this season.
13. v. To present an offering in worship or devotion.
14. v. To make an offer or proposal, especially of marriage.
15. v. To present itself: "This plan was dropped, because of its risk, and because a better offered” ( T.E. Lawrence).
16. n. The act of offering: an offer of assistance.
17. n. Something, such as a suggestion, proposal, bid, or recommendation, that is offered.
18. n. Law A proposal that if accepted constitutes a legally binding contract.
19. n. The condition of being offered, especially for sale: thousands of bushels of wheat on offer.
20. n. An attempt; a try.
21. n. A show of intention.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To bring or put forward; present to notice; hold out to notice or for acceptance; present: sometimes used reflexively.
2. To present for acceptance or rejection; tender or make tender of; hence, to bid or tender as a price: as, to offer ten dollars for a thing.
3. To present solemnly, or as an act of worship: often with up: as, to offer up a prayer; to offer sacrifices; hence, to sacrifice; immolate.
4. To expose for sale.
5. To propose to give or to do; proffer; volunteer; show a disposition or declare a willingness to do (something): as, to offer help; to offer battle.
6. To attempt to do; set about doing (something) to or against one; attempt; make a show of doing (something): as, to offer violence or resistance; to offer an insult.
7. Synonyms and Adduce, Allege, Assign, etc. (see adduce), exhibit, extend, hold out, furnish, give, propound, propose, show, move.
8. To present itself; come into view or be at hand: as, an opportunity now offers.
9. To present or make an offering; offer up prayer, thanks, etc.; present a eucharistic oblation.
10. To present one's self in order to pay court or respects; pay one's respects.
11. To act on the offensive; deal a blow.
12. n. The act of presenting to notice or for acceptance, or that which is brought forward or presented to notice or for acceptance; a proposal made and submitted: as, his offer of protection was declined; to receive an offer of marriage.
13. n. The act of bidding or proposing to give a price or to do for a price, or the sum bid; a tender or proposal to give or do something for a specified equivalent, or for something in return: as, no offer of less than a dollar will be received; he made an offer for the building of the bridge.
14. n. Attempt; endeavor; essay; show; pretense.
15. n. An offering; something presented by way of sacrifice or of acknowledgment.

Wiktionary

1. n. used in combinations from phrasal verbs agent noun of off
2. n. A proposal that has been made.
3. n. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
4. n. law An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
5. v. transitive To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
6. v. transitive To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
7. v. intransitive To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
8. v. transitive To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
9. v. intransitive To happen, to present itself.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.
2. v. To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection
3. v. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness.
4. v. To attempt; to undertake.
5. v. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages
6. v. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten
7. v. To present itself; to be at hand.
8. v. To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at.
9. n. The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.
10. n. That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.
11. n. Attempt; endeavor; essay.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. make available or accessible, provide or furnish
2. v. propose a payment
3. v. present as an act of worship
4. v. agree freely
5. v. produce or introduce on the stage
6. v. ask (someone) to marry you
7. v. put forward for consideration
8. v. make available; provide.
9. n. a usually brief attempt
10. v. make available for sale
11. v. threaten to do something
12. v. mount or put up
13. n. something offered (as a proposal or bid)
14. v. present for acceptance or rejection
15. v. offer verbally
16. n. the verbal act of offering