- (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
- (v.t.) To confound.
- (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
- (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
- (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
- (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
- (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.
Commit and Offer
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
verb
- Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
- usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
- synonyms: perpetrate, pull
- Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
- usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
- Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
- usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
- synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
- Confer a trust upon.
- usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
- Make an investment.
- usage: "Put money into bonds"
- Engage in or perform.
- usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
- synonyms: practice
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
noun
- The verbal act of offering.
- usage: "a generous offer of assistance"
- synonyms: offering
- Something offered (as a proposal or bid. )
- usage: "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"
- synonyms: offering
- A usually brief attempt.
- usage: "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
verb
- Make available or accessible, provide or furnish.
- usage: "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"
- Present for acceptance or rejection.
- usage: "She offered us all a cold drink"
- synonyms: proffer
- Agree freely.
- usage: "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"
- synonyms: volunteer
- Put forward for consideration.
- usage: "He offered his opinion"
- Offer verbally.
- usage: "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"
- synonyms: extend
- Make available for sale.
- usage: "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"
- Propose a payment.
- usage: "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
- Produce or introduce on the stage.
- usage: "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month"
- Present as an act of worship.
- usage: "offer prayers to the gods"
- synonyms: offer up
- Mount or put up.
- usage: "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
- Make available; provide.
- usage: "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
- synonyms: extend
- Ask (someone) to marry you.
- usage: "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
- synonyms: propose, declare oneself, pop the question
- Threaten to do something.
- usage: "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.) To attempt; to undertake.
- (v.t.) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me.
- (v.i.) To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at.
- (v.t.) To bid, as a price, reward or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.
- (v.t.) The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.
- (v.t.) To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.
- (v.i.) To present itself; to be at hand.
- (v.t.) That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.
- (v.t.) To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.
- (v.t.) Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.
- (v.t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
To make available, to express a willingness (whether in writing or orally), in the case of real estate, to inform another party of your willingness to sell or buy a specific property on terms set out in your' OFFER'. An offer, once made, may be accepted at any time before it is rescinded. Once accepted, the offer and acceptance generally form a binding contract.