make an offer
idiom
: to say that one will pay a specified amount of money for something
They made an offer on our house.
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But a lot will depend on how buyers will behave, how many will want to make an offer now and how many others will want to wait for a better time.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Wolves insist the 25-year-old is not for sale, but Newcastle felt suitably encouraged during discussions to make an offer.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Co-movie chief Michael De Luca was the first exec in town to finish reading the Weapons script and make an offer after Cregger and producer Roy Lee sent it out at 8 a.m. sharp one January in 2023 in a maverick move to spark a bidding war.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
That statement did not directly address reports back in June that Apple held internal discussions about whether to make an offer to buy AI startup Perplexity.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Wolves insist the 25-year-old is not for sale, but Newcastle felt suitably encouraged during discussions to make an offer.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Co-movie chief Michael De Luca was the first exec in town to finish reading the Weapons script and make an offer after Cregger and producer Roy Lee sent it out at 8 a.m. sharp one January in 2023 in a maverick move to spark a bidding war.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
That statement did not directly address reports back in June that Apple held internal discussions about whether to make an offer to buy AI startup Perplexity.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make an offer
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“Make an offer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20an%20offer. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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