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offerin'

offerin' is the pronunciation spelling of offering.

Meaning of offering

Noun

offering (plural offerings)

  1. The act by which something is offered.
  2. That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
    • votive offerings
  3. An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
    • In many ways an ancient well-established situation is in Place: a dead military hero has reappeared as a ghost bringing trouble and even death to the officials who come to administer the Hsiang-chou prefecture at An-yang; they build a temple in his honour and make him regular offerings of bloody...1995, Glen Dudbridge, Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China: a reading of Tai Fu's Kuang-i chi, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 69–70
  4. A contribution given at a religious service.
  5. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered, such as for sale
    • In recent seasons fetishwear has found its way onto the catwalk, with vinyl, PVC and lycra featuring among the most unlikely designer offerings.1996, Caryn Franklin, Franklin on fashion

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Offerin' is the pronunciation spelling of offering.

Words near offerin' in the dictionary

  1. offerees
  2. offerer
  3. offerers
  4. offerest
  5. offereth
  6. offerin'
  7. offering
  8. offering a knee
  9. offering affordances
  10. offering formula
  11. offering formulas

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