proffered

American

[prof-erd] / ˈprɒf ərd /

adjective

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

the simple past tense and past participle of proffer.

Other Word Forms

unproffered

adjective

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

Example Sentences

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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

Batson established a three-part framework for racial juror challenges: Defense counsel challenges a strike, the prosecutor gives race-neutral reasons for it, then defense counsel has the opportunity to rebut those proffered reasons as pretextual.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

An MP close to Miliband proffered a more straightforward explanation.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

An exception among them is the purposely titled “Outrageous Predictions” proffered annually by Saxo Bank of Denmark.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Anya proffered it to him, and he took it with trembling fingers.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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