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• past tense form of proffer.
• past participle of proffer.

proffered

American  

[prof-erd] / ˈprɒf ərd /

adjective

1. put before someone for acceptance; offered.

   Thanks for all the proffered advice.

   He concluded that something was better than nothing, and agreed to the proffered terms.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of proffer.

Other Word Forms

• unproffered
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of proffered

First recorded in 1375–1425; proffer ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; proffer ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

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Example Sentences

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proffered

Microsoft started the month with the launch of its own AI models designed to power target corporate use cases at a much lower cost than the frontier models proffered by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

An MP close to Miliband proffered a more straightforward explanation.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Netflix on Tuesday revised the terms of the proffered deal to make it all-cash and to provide WBD shareholders with more certainty about the transaction, the company said in a release.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

Suppliers proffered various expensive goods, including a designer bag worth $2,290, three luxury watches each worth thousands, and numerous prepaid American Express gift cards totaling tens of thousands of dollars, the complaint said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

Lawson was an opportunist, and although he was soft-spoken and possessed Old World manners, his invitation wasn’t proffered completely out of courtesy.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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