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Preferred vs Proffered - What's the difference?

preferred | proffered |

As verbs the difference between preferred and proffered

is that preferred is (prefer) while proffered is (proffer).

As an adjective preferred

is favoured.

As a noun preferred

is (finance) preferred stock.

preferred

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(head)
  • (prefer)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • favoured

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) Preferred stock.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 30, author=Gretchen Morgenson, title=If You Can’t Sell, Good Luck, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Naturally, closed-end funds’ common shareholders love the juice that auction-rate preferreds provide.}}

    proffered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (proffer)

    • proffer

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * proffre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
  • Essay; attempt.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
  • To essay or attempt of one’s own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
    • (Milton)

    See also

    * profer

    External links

    * * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

    (head)
  • Indefinite plural of .