Offer
Of´fer
| v. t. | 1. | To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; - often with up. |
| 2. | To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage. |
| 3. | To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me. |
| 4. | To attempt; to undertake. |
| 5. | To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward. |
| 6. | To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc. |
| v. i. | 1. | To present itself; to be at hand. |
| 2. | To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; - used with at. |
| n. | 1. | The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance. |
| 2. | That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid. |
| 3. | Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball. |
OFFER, contracts. A proposition to do a thing.
2. An offer ought to contain a right, if accepted, of compelling the
fulfillment of the contract, and this right when not expressed, is always
implied.
3. By virtue of his natural liberty, a man may change his will at any
time, if it is not to the injury of another; he may, therefore, revoke or
recall his offers, at any time before they have been accepted; and, in order
to deprive him of this right, the offer must have been accepted on the terms
in which it was made. 10 Ves. 438; 2 C. & P. 553.
4. Any qualification of, or departure from those terms, invalidates the
offer, unless the same be agreed to by the party who made it. 4 Wheat. R.
225; 3 John. R. 534; 7 John. 470; 6 Wend. 103.
5. When the offer has been made, the party is presumed to be willing to
enter into the contract for the time limited, and, if the time be not fixed
by the offer, then until it be expressly revoked, or rendered nugatory by a
contrary presumption. 6 Wend. 103. See 8 S. & R. 243; 1 Pick. 278; 10 Pick.
326; 12 John. 190; 9 Porter, 605; 1 Bell's Com. 326, 5th ed.; Poth. Vente,
n. 32; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 577, et seq.; and see Acceptance of contracts;
Assent; Bid.
accommodation,
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allow,
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attempt,
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awarding,
bestow,
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bid up,
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chance,
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dish out,
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effort,
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essay,
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experiment,
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fling,
fork out,
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make an attempt,
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trial and error,
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volunteer,
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vouchsafement,
whack,
yield
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