offerorn.
/ˈɒf(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈɔf(ə)rər/, /ˈɑf(ə)rər/ (a) A person who offers something for sale, esp. shares. (b) Law. A person who offers to enter into a binding contract with another.
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1882 Scottish Law Reporter 20 5/2 (heading) Sale of Heritage—Missives, holograph or tested—Initials of Offeror.
1914 Federal Reporter 210 513 This offer was referred to the referee who, after hearing the offerors and the objecting creditor, has reported in favor of confirming the composition.
1930 A. Palmer Company Secretarial Pract. vi. 46 Any document by which the offer for sale is made shall..be deemed to be a prospectus issued by the company, but without prejudice to the liability of the offerors in respect of the offer.
1955 Times 18 May 3/8 There was no binding contract until notice of the acceptance was received by the offeror.
1979 W. H. Jennings & T. G. Zuber Canad. Law (ed. 3) ix. 117 If the offeror—no matter how his offer is made—indicates specifically that the acceptance is to be made by mail or by telegram, he is not necessarily bound by an acceptance made in any other manner.
2005 D. Oyer Pricing & Cost Accounting (ed. 2) i. 1 It is also permissible, at the government's discretion, to indicate to all offerors the cost or price that the government's price analysis..[has] identified as reasonable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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