- present participle of offer.
offering
Americannoun
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offerings
plural
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something offered in worship or devotion, as to a deity; an oblation or sacrifice.
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a contribution given to or through the church for a particular purpose, as at a religious service.
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anything offered as a gift.
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something presented for inspection or sale.
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a sale.
our spring offering of furniture.
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the act of one who offers.
noun
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something that is offered
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a contribution to the funds of a religious organization
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a sacrifice, as of an animal, to a deity
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of offering
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English offrung; equivalent to offer + -ing 1
Explanation
An offering is a type of offer or bid, like the kind made in a business meeting. When you offer something—like a cookie—you're asking someone if they want it. An offering is like that: it's an offer. One type of offering is a proposal or bid made in business. A sports team could make an offering of three million dollars a year to a running back. A bidder could make an offering of one thousand dollars at an auction. An offering is a promise to pay that much if the offering is accepted.
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Example Sentences
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“With the money they’re offering, there’s nothing else I could do,” Singh said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The question then is whether children will still bother with them, once they are deliberately toned down into a much blander offering.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Its shares skyrocketed initially before coming back down to earth, and now sit at about their $135 offering price.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
A syndicate of banks and brokers from around the country bought 417,000 shares to resell to retail investors at an initial offering price of $40.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
I tried offering an understanding smile, but my face probably looked like some mashed-up combo of anger-sadness-disgust.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The company said its top line got a boost from its new products, including its identity governance offerings, which manage what users can actually access and for how long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
IPO market is on track for a record year, with traditional offerings raising $137 billion so far this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Their offerings include warm-weather beaches, outdoor adventure and big-city amenities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
According to legal documents described by Ren, the basis for Wang's detention is that her collection of church offerings was fraudulent because Zion is not registered.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
He should have made more offerings to the Scavenge God and the Fates after he got out of the oil room.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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