proffered

[prof-erd]

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.

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unproffered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of proffered¹

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

Example Sentences

“I support just about every point in the compact, but even I have real concerns about the way it has been framed and proffered.”

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Her clothes have been lost en route, and she furiously rejected all proffered substitutes.

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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.

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As for Vivien, the narrative she has proffered in her journals is far from the whole story.

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Indeed, as the U.S. sheds its focus on such priorities as democracy and human rights, China’s proffered “community with a shared future,” emphasizing common interests and a harmonious neighborhood, cannot help but seem more appealing.

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