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OFFERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity
Example:
oblations for aid to the poor
Synonyms:
oblation; offering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("offering" is a kind of...):
gift; giving (the act of giving)
Derivation:
offer (present as an act of worship)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something offered (as a proposal or bid)
Example:
noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds
Synonyms:
offer; offering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("offering" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "offering"):
contract offer (offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate)
marriage offer; marriage proposal; proposal; proposal of marriage (an offer of marriage)
proposition (an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors))
counteroffer (an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer)
bid; tender (a formal proposal to buy at a specified price)
prospectus (a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise)
tender offer (an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both)
reward (the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property)
rights issue; rights offering (an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later)
special (a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising)
olive branch; peace offering (something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace)
twofer (an offer of two for the price of one)
Derivation:
offer (put forward for consideration)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The verbal act of offering
Example:
a generous offer of assistance
Synonyms:
offer; offering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("offering" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Derivation:
offer (offer verbally)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Money contributed to a religious organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("offering" is a kind of...):
contribution; donation (a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "offering"):
tithe (an offering of a tenth part of some personal income)
offertory (the offerings of the congregation at a religious service)
hearth money; Peter's pence (an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see)
thank offering (an offering made as an expression of thanks)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb offer
Context examples:
Brazilian and US scientists have developed a glasses-based biosensor capable of measuring blood glucose levels through a person’s tears, offering a less invasive test for diabetics.
(Brazilian researchers eye biosensors to monitor diabetes, SciDev.Net)
The god was actually offering him another piece of meat.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right; something substituted for an error.
(Correction, NCI Thesaurus)
A professional school offering coursework leading to a degree in the field dentistry.
(Dental School, NCI Thesaurus)
Most parents know the basics of keeping children healthy, like offering them healthy foods, making sure they get enough sleep and exercise and insuring their safety.
(Children's Health, NIH)
These offerings of affection were of a most various and eccentric description.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Scientists are offering several new scenarios to explain the formation of Pluto’s frozen heart-shaped feature.
(Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto’s Icy Heart, NASA)
The crowd fell silent; only could be heard the voices of the gamblers vainly offering two to one.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He made me a sign to put them again into my purse, and the purse again into my pocket, which, after offering it to him several times, I thought it best to do.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
By contrast, in the smaller Sombrero Galaxy, black holes mergers typically take about 160 million years, offering more opportunities for pulsar timing arrays to detect gravitational waves from them.
(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)
