offering
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)offerings
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)“noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds”Synonyms: offerType of message, contentKinds marriage proposal, reward, special, tender offer, contract offer, rights offering, proposition, bid, prospectus, twofer +2 more
- money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposesType of contribution, donationKinds thank offering, hearth money, tithe, offertory
- the verbal act of offering“a generous offer of assistance”Synonyms: offerType of speech act
- the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity“oblations for aid to the poor”Synonyms: oblationType of giving, gift
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Translations
Noun that which has been offered
Noun act of offering
- Spanish
- ofrecimiento
- French
- offre
- Italian
- offerta
- Portuguese
- oferecimento
- Russian
- предложе́ние predložénije
- Arabic
- عرض ʕarḍ
- Chinese
- 提供 tígōng
- Japanese
- 提供 teikyō
- Swedish
- erbjudande
- Greek
- προσφορά prosforá
8 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- oferecimento
- Breton
- kinnig
- Catalan
- oferiment
- Finnish
- tarjoaminen
- Norwegian
- tilbud
- Romanian
- ofertă
- Scottish Gaelic
- ìobairt
- Swahili
- toleo
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.
2. 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.
They are polluted offerings more abhorred Than spotted livers in the sacrifice.— William Shakespeare
3. A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: Ch. of Eng. Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings.
[None] to the offering before her should go.— Geoffrey Chaucer
Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt. etc.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54