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offer up |
offerable |
offered |
offerer |
Offering
| offering protection
| offeror
| offertory
| offerture
| offhand
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Offering has 4 senses
- offering(n = noun.communication) offer - something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" is a kind of content, message, subject matter, substance
- offering(n = noun.possession) Array - money contributed to a religious organization; Array is a kind of contribution, donation
- offering(n = noun.communication) offer - the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance" is a kind of speech act
- offering(n = noun.act) oblation - the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; "oblations for aid to the poor" is a kind of gift, giving
has particulars: contract offer, marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal, proposal of marriage, proposition, counteroffer, bid, tender, prospectus, tender offer, reward, rights issue, rights offering, special, olive branch, peace offering, twofer
Derived form verb offer4
has particulars: tithe, offertory, hearth money, peter's pence, thank offering
Derived form verb offer5
Derived form verb offer9
CIDE DICTIONARY
Offering, n.
- The act of an offerer; a proffering. [1913 Webster]
- That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering. [1913 Webster]"They are polluted offerings more abhorred
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice." [1913 Webster] - A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. [1913 Webster]"[None] to the offering before her should go." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Offering, n.
1 a contribution, esp. of money, to a Church.
2 a thing offered as a religious sacrifice or token of devotion.
3 anything, esp. money, contributed or offered.
1 a contribution, esp. of money, to a Church.
2 a thing offered as a religious sacrifice or token of devotion.
3 anything, esp. money, contributed or offered.
THESAURUS
Offering
Christmas present, advance, alms, alms fee, approach, asking price, award, benefaction, beneficence, bid, birthday present, box, burnt offering, cadeau, charity, collection, contribution, dole, donation, donative, drink offering, ex voto offering, fairing, feeler, gift, handout, handsel, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifice, immolation, incense, infanticide, invitation, libation, mactation, oblation, offer, offertory, overture, peace offering, piacular offering, pittance, preliminary approach, present, presentation, proffer, sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat, self-immolation, self-sacrifice, submission, subscription, suttee, sutteeism, tentative approach, thank offering, tithe, tribute, votive offering, white elephant, whole offeringROGET THESAURUS
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Offer
N offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture, proposal, proposition, motion, invitation, candidature, offering, offering, offered, in the market, for sale, to let, disengaged, on hire, offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture, proposal, proposition, motion, invitation, candidature, offering, offering, offered, in the market, for sale, to let, disengaged, on hire.Giving
N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.
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