to accept an offer

  • 11offer — of|fer1 [ ɔfər, afər ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to let someone know that you will give them something if they want it: offer someone something: They haven t offered me the job yet. offer something to someone: He had offered cocaine to an… …

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  • 12accept — [[t]ækse̱pt[/t]] ♦ accepts, accepting, accepted 1) VERB If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it. [V n] Eventually Stella persuaded her to accept an offer of marriage... [V n] Your old clothes will …

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  • 13offer — 1 verb 1 (T) to say that you are willing to give someone something, or to hold something out to them so that they can take it: offer sb sth: You haven t offered Grandma any ice cream. | They offered him a very good job but he turned it down. |… …

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  • 14accept — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French accepter, from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere to receive, from ad + capere to take more at heave Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to receive …

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  • 15accept — /ək sept/ verb 1. to take something which is being offered ♦ to accept delivery of a shipment to take goods into the warehouse officially when they are delivered 2. to take something which is being offered or to say ‘yes’ or to agree to something …

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  • 16accept — ac·cept /ik sept, ak / vt 1 a: to receive with consent accept a gift accept service b: to assent to the receipt of and treat in such a way as to indicate ownership of accept ed the shipment despite discovering defects in the merchandise compare …

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  • 17offer — vb Offer, proffer, tender, present, prefer can all mean to lay, set, or put something before another for acceptance. Offer, the most common of these words, frequently implies a putting before one something which may be accepted or rejected {there …

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  • 18offer — of·fer / ȯ fər/ n 1: 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 it denied accepting the offer see …

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  • 19Offer — may refer to: Settlement offer, an offer to end a civil lawsuit out of court Offers, a 2005 Dutch television film Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER), a forerunner of the current Office of Gas and Electricity Markets in Great Britain In… …

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  • 20offer — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of help or sth that is needed ADJECTIVE ▪ generous, kind ▪ conditional, unconditional (both esp. BrE) ▪ The company has made a conditional offer. ▪ …

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