| 单词 | offering |
| 释义 | offering (once / 145 pages) n An offering is a type of offer or bid, like the kind made in a business meeting. When you offer something—like a cookie—you're asking someone if they want it. An offering is like that: it's an offer. One type of offering is a proposal or bid made in business. A sports team could make an offering of three million dollars a year to a running back. A bidder could make an offering of one thousand dollars at an auction. An offering is a promise to pay that much if the offering is accepted. WORD FAMILYoffering: offerings+/counteroffer: counteroffers/offer: counteroffer, offered, offerer, offering, offeror, offers/offerer: offerers USAGE EXAMPLESJurors would later see a video of Roof confessing to the crime — “Well, I killed them, I guess,” he said — and offering a racist rationale. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Developers in New York are already offering up to three months of free rent on some projects. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) And this year, the lab started a partnership with Bellevue College’s Autism Spectrum Navigators program, and is offering students with autism a chance to intern. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n something offered (as a proposal or bid) noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds Syn|Hypo|Hyper offer contract offer offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal, proposal of marriagean offer of marriage propositionan offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors) counterofferan offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer bid, tendera formal proposal to buy at a specified price prospectusa formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise tender offeran offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both rewardthe offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property rights issue, rights offeringan offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later speciala special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising olive branch, peace offeringsomething offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace twoferan offer of two for the price of one takeover bidan offer to buy shares in order to take over the company questionan informal reference to a marriage proposal overbida bid that is higher than preceding bids buyout bida bid to buy all of a person's holdings pricea monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about 2n money contributed to a religious organization Hypo|Hyper tithe an offering of a tenth part of some personal income offertorythe offerings of the congregation at a religious service Peter's pence, hearth moneyan annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see thank offeringan offering made as an expression of thanks contribution, donation a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause 3n the verbal act of offering Syn|Hyper offer speech act the use of language to perform some act 4n the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity Syn|Hyper oblation gift, giving the act of giving |
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