- offer
- /'ɒfə/ noun1. a statement that you are willing to pay a specific amount of money to buy something● to make an offer for a company● We made an offer of £10 a share.● We made a written offer for the house.● £1,000 is the best offer I can make.● We accepted an offer of £1,000 for the car.♦ the house is under offer someone has made an offer to buy the house and the offer has been accepted provisionally♦ we are open to offers we are ready to discuss the price which we are asking♦ or near offer or or best offer US or an offer of a price which is slightly less than the price asked● The car is for sale at £2,000 or near offer.2. a statement that you are willing to sell something♦ offer for sale a situation where a company advertises new shares for sale to the public as a way of launching the company on the Stock Exchange. The other ways of launching a company are a ‘tender’ or a ‘placing’.3.♦ She received six offers of jobs/six job offers six companies told her she could have a job with them■ verb1. to say that you are willing to pay a specific amount of money for something● to offer someone £100,000 for their house● She offered £10 a share.2. to say that you are willing to sell something● We offered the house for sale.● They are offering special prices on winter holidays in the USA.
Marketing dictionary in english. 2015.