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As rhyming synonyms, proffer and offer are quite the pair, and we can proffer an explanation as to why: both come ultimately from Latin offerre, meaning “to present, tender, proffer, offer.” Offer had been part of the language for hundreds of years before proffer was adopted by way of an Anglo-French intermediary in the 14th century. A more formal word than its plainer relation, proffer often emphasizes courteousness on the part of the one doing the tendering.
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Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Companies that make doors were happy to proffer their opinion.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Dan De Luce, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
The filing, known as a proffer, was made by prosecutors in support of their request that a judge order the Routh held without bail at the hearing.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Proffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proffer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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