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of·fer /'ȯ-fər/ n1: a proposal, promise, or other manifestation of willingness to make and fulfill a contract or to bargain under proposed terms with another party that has the power to accept it upon receiving it2: a price named by one proposing to buy (as in a bid, bargain, or settlement): the amount of an offer to pay moneydecided the offer was too lowoffer vb
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(propose) verb
bid, bring forward, hold forth, hold out, invite, lay before, make a bid, make a proposition, make an overture, offerre, pose, proffer, profiteri, propound, put forth, put forth for acceptance, put forth for consideration, put forward, put forward for consideration, recommend, submit, suggest, urge upon, venture
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(tender) verb
advance, cede, extend, offer performance, pay, present, present for acceptance, produce, proffer, proffer payment, remit, render, submit, tender performance
foreign phrases:
- Praesentare nihil aiiud est quam praesto dare seu off ere. — To present is no more than to give or offer forthwith.III index adduce, administer (tender), bear (yield), bid, hold out (deliberate on an offer), introduce, invitation, overture, pose (propound), present (introduce), present (make a gift), proffer, proposal (suggestion), propose, proposition, propound, remit (submit for consideration), tender
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To present something to someone to be accepted or rejected.n.An expression of willingness to do something or pay a sum of money; a promise to enter into an agreement if the promise is accepted.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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an expression of willingness made to another party to form a binding legal contract. It is to be distinguished from an invitation to treat, which is merely an indication that a person is open to offers: see Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v . Boots Cash Chemists [1953] 1 QB 401; Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. [1893] 1 QB 256.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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An element required in the creation of an enforceable contract. An offer is a proposal to enter into an agreement and must express the intent of the person making the offer to form a contract, must contain the essential terms — including the price and subject matter of the contract — and must be communicated by the person making the offer. A legally valid acceptance of the offer will create a binding contract.Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Self-Employed Consultants & Contractors
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n.1 The act of presenting something, such as a bargain, with the understanding that should the other party agree, that bargain will be complete.2 A promise by one party to do something in exchange for something else being done by the second party.3 An act demonstrating a willingness to enter into a contract in such a way that a reasonable person would recognize that acceptance of the terms will conclude in a binding agreement.See also acceptance.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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A promise that, according to its terms, is contingent upon a particular act, forbearance, or promise given in exchange for the original promise or the performance thereof; a demonstration of the willingness of a party to enter into a bargain, made in such a way that another individual is justified in understanding that his or her assent to the bargain is invited and that such assent will conclude the bargain.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A promise that, according to its terms, is contingent upon a particular act, forbearance, or promise given in exchange for the original promise or the performance thereof; a demonstration of the willingness of a party to enter into a bargain, made in such a way that another individual is justified in understanding that his or her assent to the bargain is invited and that such assent will conclude the bargain.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.a specific proposal to enter into an agreement with another. An offer is essential to the formation of an enforceable contract. An offer and acceptance of the offer creates the contract.See also: contract
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
