Offer vs. Give

A proposal that has been made.

Example: ‘What's in his offer?’;

Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

Example: ‘His offer was $3.50 per share.’;

(legal) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.

Example: ‘His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest.’;

(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off

(transitive) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

(transitive) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.

(intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).

Example: ‘She offered to help with her homework.’;

(transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.

Example: ‘Everybody offered an opinion.’;

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.

Example: ‘He offered use of his car for the week.’; ‘He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.’;

(transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.

Example: ‘I offered twenty dollars for it.’; ‘The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.’;

(intransitive) To happen, to present itself.

(obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.

(transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.

Example: ‘to offer violence to somebody’;

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; - often with up.

Example: ‘Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.’; ‘A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.’;

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.

Example: ‘I offer thee three things.’;

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.

To attempt; to undertake.

Example: ‘All that offer to defend him.’;

To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.

To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.

To present itself; to be at hand.

Example: ‘The occasion offers, and the youth complies.’;

To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; - used with at.

Example: ‘He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.’; ‘I will not offer at that I can not master.’;

The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.

Example: ‘When offers are disdained, and love denied.’;

Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.

the verbal act of offering;

Example: ‘a generous offer of assistance’;

something offered (as a proposal or bid);

Example: ‘noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds’;

a usually brief attempt;

Example: ‘he took a crack at it’; ‘I gave it a whirl’;

make available or accessible, provide or furnish;

Example: ‘The conference center offers a health spa’; ‘The hotel offers private meeting rooms’;

present for acceptance or rejection;

Example: ‘She offered us all a cold drink’;

agree freely;

Example: ‘She volunteered to drive the old lady home’; ‘I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it’;

put forward for consideration;

Example: ‘He offered his opinion’;

offer verbally;

Example: ‘extend my greetings’; ‘He offered his sympathy’;

make available for sale;

Example: ‘The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week’;

propose a payment;

Example: ‘The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting’;

produce or introduce on the stage;

Example: ‘The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month’;

present as an act of worship;

Example: ‘offer prayers to the gods’;

mount or put up;

Example: ‘put up a good fight’; ‘offer resistance’;

make available; provide;

Example: ‘extend a loan’; ‘The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages’;

ask (someone) to marry you;

Example: ‘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’;

threaten to do something;

Example: ‘I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal’;

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

Example: ‘I gave him my coat.’; ‘I gave my coat to the beggar.’; ‘When they asked, I gave my coat.’;

To make a present or gift of.

Example: ‘I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.’; ‘She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary.’; ‘He gives of his energies to the organization.’;

To pledge.

Example: ‘I gave him my word that I'd protect his children.’;

To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

Example: ‘I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class.’; ‘Please give me some more time.’;

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

Example: ‘It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.’; ‘The fence gave me an electric shock.’; ‘My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief.’;

To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

Example: ‘I want to give you a kiss.’; ‘She gave him a hug.’; ‘I'd like to give the tire a kick.’; ‘I gave the boy a push on the swing.’; ‘She gave me a wink afterwards, so I knew she was joking.’;

To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.

Example: ‘Give me your hand.’; ‘On entering the house, he gave his coat to the doorman.’;

To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

Example: ‘My boyfriend gave me chlamydia.’; ‘He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer.’;

(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

Example: ‘I give it ten minutes before he gives up.’; ‘I give it a 95% chance of success.’; ‘I'll give their marriage six months.’;

(intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.

(intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.

Example: ‘One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.’;

(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

Example: ‘They're giving my favorite show!’;

(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).

Example: ‘The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.’;

To provide a view of.

Example: ‘His window gave the park.’;

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

Example: ‘The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.’;

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

Example: ‘He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.’;

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

(dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

Example: ‘The soldiers give themselves to plunder.’; ‘That boy is given to fits of bad temper.’;

(obsolete) To become soft or moist.

(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.

(obsolete) To have a misgiving.

To be going on, to be occurring

Example: ‘What gives?’;

(uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

Example: ‘This chair doesn't have much give.’; ‘There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.’;

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.

Example: ‘For generous lords had rather give than pay.’;

To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

Example: ‘What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?’;

To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

Example: ‘It is given me once again to behold my friend.’; ‘Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.’;

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; - used principally in the passive form given.

To allow or admit by way of supposition.

Example: ‘I give not heaven for lost.’;

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

Example: ‘I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover.’;

To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

To pledge; as, to give one's word.

To cause; to make; - with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.

Example: ‘But there the duke was given to understandThat in a gondola were seen togetherLorenzo and his amorous Jessica.’;

To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

Example: ‘Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves.’; ‘I fear our ears have given us the bag.’; ‘One that gives out himself Prince Florizel.’; ‘Give out you are of Epidamnum.’; ‘The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice.’; ‘He has . . . given upFor certain drops of salt, your city Rome.’; ‘I'll not state themBy giving up their characters.’;

To give a gift or gifts.

To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

To become soft or moist.

To move; to recede.

Example: ‘Now back he gives, then rushes on amain.’;

To shed tears; to weep.

Example: ‘Whose eyes do never giveBut through lust and laughter.’;

To have a misgiving.

Example: ‘My mind gives ye're reservedTo rob poor market women.’;

To open; to lead.

Example: ‘This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk.’; ‘They gave back and came no farther.’; ‘The Scots battalion was enforced to give in.’; ‘This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases.’; ‘Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch.’; ‘The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave.’; ‘It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame.’;

the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense;

Example: ‘She gave him a black eye’; ‘The draft gave me a cold’;

be the cause or source of;

Example: ‘He gave me a lot of trouble’; ‘Our meeting afforded much interesting information’;

transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody;

Example: ‘I gave her my money’; ‘can you give me lessons?’; ‘She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care’;

convey or reveal information;

Example: ‘Give one's name’;

convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow;

Example: ‘Don't pay him any mind’; ‘give the orders’; ‘Give him my best regards’; ‘pay attention’;

organize or be responsible for;

Example: ‘hold a reception’; ‘have, throw, or make a party’; ‘give a course’;

convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

Example: ‘Throw a glance’; ‘She gave me a dirty look’;

give as a present; make a gift of;

Example: ‘What will you give her for her birthday?’;

bring about;

Example: ‘His two singles gave the team the victory’;

dedicate;

Example: ‘give thought to’; ‘give priority to’; ‘pay attention to’;

give or supply;

Example: ‘The cow brings in 5 liters of milk’; ‘This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn’; ‘The estate renders some revenue for the family’;

tell or deposit (information) knowledge;

Example: ‘give a secret to the Russians’; ‘leave your name and address here’;

bring about;

Example: ‘The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth’;

leave with; give temporarily;

Example: ‘Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?’; ‘Can I give you the children for the weekend?’;

emit or utter;

Example: ‘Give a gulp’; ‘give a yelp’;

endure the loss of;

Example: ‘He gave his life for his children’; ‘I gave two sons to the war’;

place into the hands or custody of;

Example: ‘hand me the spoon, please’; ‘Turn the files over to me, please’; ‘He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers’;

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

Example: ‘She committed herself to the work of God’; ‘give one's talents to a good cause’; ‘consecrate your life to the church’;

give (as medicine);

Example: ‘I gave him the drug’;

give or convey physically;

Example: ‘She gave him First Aid’; ‘I gave him a punch in the nose’;

bestow;

Example: ‘give hommage’; ‘render thanks’;

bestow, especially officially;

Example: ‘grant a degree’; ‘give a divorce’; ‘This bill grants us new rights’;

move in order to make room for someone for something;

Example: ‘The park gave way to a supermarket’; ‘`Move over,' he told the crowd’;

give food to;

Example: ‘Feed the starving children in India’; ‘don't give the child this tough meat’;

contribute to some cause;

Example: ‘I gave at the office’;

break down, literally or metaphorically;

Example: ‘The wall collapsed’; ‘The business collapsed’; ‘The dam broke’; ‘The roof collapsed’; ‘The wall gave in’; ‘The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice’;

estimate the duration or outcome of something;

Example: ‘He gave the patient three months to live’; ‘I gave him a very good chance at success’;

execute and deliver;

Example: ‘Give bond’;

deliver in exchange or recompense;

Example: ‘I'll give you three books for four CDs’;

afford access to;

Example: ‘the door opens to the patio’; ‘The French doors give onto a terrace’;

present to view;

Example: ‘He gave the sign to start’;

perform for an audience;

Example: ‘Pollini is giving another concert in New York’;

be flexible under stress of physical force;

Example: ‘This material doesn't give’;

propose;

Example: ‘He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party’;

legal use: accord by verdict;

Example: ‘give a decision for the plaintiff’;

manifest or show;

Example: ‘This student gives promise of real creativity’; ‘The office gave evidence of tampering’;

offer in good faith;

Example: ‘He gave her his word’;

submit for consideration, judgment, or use;

Example: ‘give one's opinion’; ‘give an excuse’;

guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion;

Example: ‘You gave me to think that you agreed with me’;

allow to have or take;

Example: ‘I give you two minutes to respond’;

inflict as a punishment;

Example: ‘She gave the boy a good spanking’; ‘The judge gave me 10 years’;

occur;

Example: ‘what gives?’;

consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man;

Example: ‘She gave herself to many men’;

proffer (a body part);

Example: ‘She gave her hand to her little sister’;

freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone)

Example: ‘he gave the papers back’; ‘the cheque given to the jeweller proved worthless’; ‘she gave him presents and clothes’;

administer (medicine)

Example: ‘she was given antibiotics’;

hand over (an amount) in payment; pay

Example: ‘how much did you give for that?’;

used hyperbolically to express how greatly one wants to have or do something

Example: ‘I'd give anything for a cup of tea’;

commit or entrust

Example: ‘a baby given into their care by the accident of her birth’;

freely set aside or devote for a purpose

Example: ‘committees who give so generously of their time and effort’; ‘all who have given thought to the matter agree’;

(of a man) sanction the marriage of (his daughter) to someone

Example: ‘he gave her in marriage to a noble’;

(of a woman) consent to have sexual intercourse with (a man)

Example: ‘she gave herself to the king in order to obtain the pardon of her father’;

used to present a speaker or entertainer or when making a toast

Example: ‘for your entertainment this evening I give you … Mister Albert DeNero!’;

cause or allow (someone or something) to have or experience (something); provide with

Example: ‘you gave me such a fright’; ‘this leaflet gives our opening times’;

provide (love or other emotional support) to

Example: ‘his parents gave him the encouragement he needed to succeed’;

sentence (someone) to (a specified penalty)

Example: ‘for the first offence I was given a fine’;

allot (a score) to

Example: ‘I gave it five out of ten’;

allow (someone) to have (a specified amount of time) for an activity or undertaking

Example: ‘give me a second to bring the car around’; ‘I'll give you until tomorrow morning’;

pass on (an illness or infection) to (someone)

Example: ‘I hope I don't give you my cold’;

pass (a message) to (someone)

Example: ‘give my love to all the girls’;

make a connection to allow (someone) to speak to (someone else) on the telephone

Example: ‘give me the police’;

carry out or perform (a specified action)

Example: ‘he gave the counter a polish’; ‘I gave a bow’;

produce (a sound)

Example: ‘he gave a gasp’;

present (an appearance or impression)

Example: ‘he gave no sign of life’;

provide (a party or social meal) as host or hostess

Example: ‘Kate gave him a leaving party’; ‘a dinner given in honour of an American diplomat’;

yield as a product or result

Example: ‘milk is sometimes added to give a richer cheese’;

emit odour, vapour, or similar substances

Example: ‘some solvents give off toxic fumes’;

concede (something) as valid or deserved in respect of (someone)

Example: ‘give him his due’;

place a specified value on (something)

Example: ‘he never gave anything for French painting’;

(of an umpire or referee) declare whether or not (a player) is out or offside

Example: ‘Gooch was given out, caught behind’;

adjudicate that (a goal) has been legitimately scored

Example: ‘the referee gave the goal’;

state or put forward (information or argument)

Example: ‘he did not give his name’;

pledge or offer as a guarantee

Example: ‘I give you my word’;

say to (someone) as an excuse or inappropriate answer

Example: ‘don't give me any of your backchat’;

deliver (a judgement) authoritatively

Example: ‘I gave my verdict’;

predict that (an activity or relationship) will last no longer than (a specified time)

Example: ‘this is a place that will not improve with time—I give it three weeks’;

tell what one knows

Example: ‘okay, give—what's that all about?’;

alter in shape under pressure rather than resist or break

Example: ‘that chair doesn't give’;

yield or give way to pressure

Example: ‘the heavy door didn't give until the fifth push’; ‘when two people who don't get on are thrust together, something's got to give’;

concede defeat; surrender

Example: ‘I give!’;

capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure

Example: ‘plastic pots that have enough give to accommodate the vigorous roots’;

ability to adapt; flexibility

Example: ‘there is no give at all in the British position’;