Definitions for offering

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offering of·fer·ing

Spelling: [aw-fer-ing, of-er-]

IPA: /ˈɔ fər ɪŋ, ˈɒf ər-/

Offering is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in offering (effginor).

Definitions for offering

noun

1. something offered in worship or devotion, as to a deity; an oblation or sacrifice.
2. a contribution given to or through the church for a particular purpose, as at a religious service.
3. anything offered as a gift.
4. something presented for inspection or sale.
5. a sale:
6. the act of one who offers.
7. an act or instance of offering:
8. the condition of being offered:
9. something offered.
10. a proposal or bid to give or pay something as the price of something else; bid:
11. Law. a proposal that requires only acceptance in order to create a contract.
12. an attempt or endeavor.
13. a show of intention.
14. a proposal of marriage.

verb (used with object)

1. to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer:
2. to propose or put forward for consideration:
3. to propose or volunteer (to do something):
4. to make a show of intention (to do something):
5. to give, make, or promise:
6. to present solemnly as an act of worship or devotion, as to God, a deity or a saint; sacrifice.
7. to present for sale:
8. to tender or bid as a price:
9. to attempt or threaten to do, engage in, or inflict:
10. to put forth; exert:
11. to present to sight or notice.
12. to introduce or present for exhibition or performance.
13. to render (homage, thanks, etc.).
14. to present or volunteer (oneself) to someone as a spouse.

verb (used without object)

1. to present itself; occur:
2. to present something as an act of worship or devotion; sacrifice.
3. to make a proposal or suggestion.
4. to suggest oneself to someone for marriage; propose.
5. Archaic. to make an attempt (followed by at).

Origin of offering

before 1000; Middle English; Old English offrung. See offer, -ing¹

Examples for offering

Captain Kyd wished me to go on an indigo plantation, offering me high wages.

I found him crowned with garlands; for he had been offering sacrifices in the hall.

She thought she would love the new home they were offering her.

Both are offering original programing designed to be viewed however you prefer—one episode at a time or all at once.

We should undo that double standard by offering similar protections to every young Black man who is arrested in this country.

Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.

He also seized the opportunity of offering him a libretto for a new oratorio.

Then my guide surprised me a second time by offering to teach me to use the zabatana.

In a sense, she attempts to bribe the pastor, offering to make his church her home.

“Ovens using gas cylinders were set up to make bread under bridges, and nursing stations appeared, offering medicines,” he writes.