| 释义 |
ˈproffering, vbl. n. Now rare exc. as gerund.
[See -ing1.]
The action of the verb proffer.
1. The action of offering for acceptance or sale; an offer; a proposal: = proffer n. 1.
1388Wyclif Gen. xxxiv. 18 The profryng [1382 profre] of hem pleside Emor and Sichem. 1472–3Rolls of Parlt. VI. 59/1 Such [wools] as shal be opened at Caleys at the sale or proferyng of sale by theym. 1647in W. M. Williams Ann. Founders' Co. (1867) 103 That no person free of this Society..beare about the Streets..any Ware made of Brasse or Copper, by the way of Hawking or Proffering.
†2. = proffer n. 2. Obs.
1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 80 In such signes and proffring Many prety tales..had they. |