Offer vs Admit - What's the difference?
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A proposal that has been made.
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Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
(label) 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.
(lb) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
*Bible, (w) xxix. 36
*:Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
(lb) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
*2009 , Roger Williams, Triumph Tr2, 3, 3a, 4 & 4a
*:The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay.
(lb) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
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(lb) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
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(lb) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
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, title= (lb) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
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(lb) To happen, to present itself.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:The occasion offers , and the youth complies.
*1749 , (John Cleland), (w) , Penguin 1985, p.64:
*:The opportunity, however, did not offer till next morning, for Phoebe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to sleep.
(lb) To make an attempt; used with at .
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:I will not offer at that I cannot master.
*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
*:He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:without offering at any other remedy
(lb) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
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(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
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To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take.
To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.
* 2011 , Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (ISBN 1451674767):
To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
* Holder
To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
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Offer is a related term of admit.
As verbs the difference between offer and admit
is that offer is (lb) to present (something) to god as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice while admit is .As a noun offer
is a proposal that has been made or offer can be (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off .offer
English
(wikipedia offer)Alternative forms
* offre (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) offer, from (etyl) . See verb below.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* make an offerEtymology 2
From (etyl) offren, offrien, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to -infinitive. SeeEtymology 3
Noun
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English
Verb
(admitt)- A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
- They were admitted into his house.
- to admit a serious thought into the mind
- to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
- to admit an attorney to practice law
- the prisoner was admitted to bail
- the argument or fact is admitted
- he admitted his guilt
- she admitted taking drugs'' / ''she admitted to taking drugs
- His sister, Patti, also admitted taking drugs,
- the words do not admit such a construction.
- Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
- circumstance do not admit of this
- the text does not admit of this interpretation
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