offering
pronunciation
How to pronounce offering in British English:
UK [ˈɒfərɪŋ]
How to pronounce offering in American English:
US [ˈɔːfərɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
- money contributed to a religious organization
- the verbal act of offering
- the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity
Word Origin
- offering (n.)
- late Old English offrung "the presenting of something to a deity; a thing so presented," verbal noun from offrian (see offer (v.)). Of presentations to a person from mid-15c.; to the public from 1834.
Example
- 1. Here are the steps for offering authentic emotional validation .
- 2. The government is offering to guarantee some bank loans and may cap the interest at 7 % .
- 3. Yet the gallery is offering reproductions for sale in the form of digital prints .
- 4. A lamb whose throat is not cut and does not bleed is not really much of an offering .
- 5. By offering the widest choice .