make an offer
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: to say that one will pay a specified amount of money for something
They made an offer on our house.
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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.
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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
Mortgage rates are certainly a factor among buyers when deciding to make an offer, and home prices are also up more than 50% since the onset of the pandemic, according to the U.S. Case-Shiller Home Price Index.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 31 July 2025
My former roommate wanted to make an offer on one of those homes.
—Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
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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
Mortgage rates are certainly a factor among buyers when deciding to make an offer, and home prices are also up more than 50% since the onset of the pandemic, according to the U.S. Case-Shiller Home Price Index.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 31 July 2025
My former roommate wanted to make an offer on one of those homes.
—Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
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“Make an offer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20an%20offer. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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