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Offer vs. Provision — What's the Difference?

Offer vs. Provision — What's the Difference?

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Offer

To present for acceptance or rejection; proffer
Offered me a drink.

Provision

The act of providing or supplying something
The provision of health care.
The provision of rations.

Offer

To put forward for consideration; propose
Offer an opinion.

Provision

The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation
The provision for retirement requires planning.

Offer

To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement
Offered new statistics in order to facilitate the decision-making process.
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Provision

Something provided
A fire escape is an important provision in a building.

Offer

To present as an act of worship
Offer a prayer.

Provision

Provisions Necessary supplies, such as food and clothing, as for a journey.

Offer

To propose as payment; bid
Offered only half what I was asking for the car.

Provision

A preparatory action or measure
We must make provisions for riding out the storm.

Offer

To make available; afford
The situation offers us the opportunity to learn more.

Provision

A particular requirement in a law, rule, agreement, or document
The constitutional provision concerned with due process.

Offer

To present for sale
Those boots are being offered at half price.

Provision

To supply with provisions.

Offer

To provide; furnish
A hotel that offers conference facilities.

Provision

To take preparatory action or measures
A bank must provision against losses from bad loans.

Offer

To exhibit readiness or desire (to do something); volunteer
Offered to carry the packages.

Provision

An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

Offer

To engage in; put up
Partisans who offered strong resistance to the invaders.

Provision

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

Offer

To threaten
Offered to leave without them if they didn't hurry.

Provision

Money set aside for a future event.

Offer

To produce or introduce on the stage
The repertory group is offering two new plays this season.

Provision

(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.

Offer

To present an offering in worship or devotion.

Provision

(law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Offer

To make an offer or proposal, especially of marriage.

Provision

(Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

Offer

To present itself
"This plan was dropped, because of its risk, and because a better offered" (T.E. Lawrence).

Provision

A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.

Offer

(Baseball) To swing at a pitch. Used of a batter.

Provision

(transitive) To supply with provisions.
To provision an army

Offer

The act of offering
An offer of assistance.

Provision

To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.

Offer

Something, such as a suggestion, proposal, bid, or recommendation, that is offered
Did you accept his offer for the car?.

Provision

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

Offer

(Law) A proposal that if accepted constitutes a legally binding contract.

Provision

That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
Making provision for the relief of strangers.

Offer

The condition of being offered, especially for sale
Thousands of bushels of wheat on offer.

Provision

Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; - often in the plural.
And of provisions laid in large,For man and beast.

Offer

A proposal that has been made.
What's in his offer?
I decline your offer to contract.

Provision

That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.

Offer

Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
His offer was $3.50 per share.

Provision

A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

Offer

(legal) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest.

Provision

A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.

Offer

(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off

Provision

To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
They were provisioned for a journey.

Offer

(intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
She offered to help with her homework.

Provision

A stipulated condition;
He accepted subject to one provision

Offer

(transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
Everybody offered an opinion.

Provision

The activity of supplying or providing something

Offer

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
He offered use of his car for the week.
He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote.

Provision

The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening;
His planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties

Offer

(transitive) To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

Provision

A store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)

Offer

To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.

Provision

Supply with provisions

Offer

(transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year.

Offer

(intransitive) To happen, to present itself.

Offer

(obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.

Offer

(transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
To offer violence to somebody
The peasants offered no resistance as they were rounded up.

Offer

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; - often with up.
Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.

Offer

To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.
I offer thee three things.

Offer

To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me.

Offer

To attempt; to undertake.
All that offer to defend him.

Offer

To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.

Offer

To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.

Offer

To present itself; to be at hand.
The occasion offers, and the youth complies.

Offer

To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; - used with at.
He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.
I will not offer at that I can not master.

Offer

The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

Offer

That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.
When offers are disdained, and love denied.

Offer

Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.

Offer

The verbal act of offering;
A generous offer of assistance

Offer

Something offered (as a proposal or bid);
Noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds

Offer

A usually brief attempt;
He took a crack at it
I gave it a whirl

Offer

Make available or accessible, provide or furnish;
The conference center offers a health spa
The hotel offers private meeting rooms

Offer

Present for acceptance or rejection;
She offered us all a cold drink

Offer

Agree freely;
She volunteered to drive the old lady home
I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it

Offer

Put forward for consideration;
He offered his opinion

Offer

Offer verbally;
Extend my greetings
He offered his sympathy

Offer

Make available for sale;
The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week

Offer

Propose a payment;
The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting

Offer

Produce or introduce on the stage;
The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month

Offer

Present as an act of worship;
Offer prayers to the gods

Offer

Mount or put up;
Put up a good fight
Offer resistance

Offer

Make available; provide;
Extend a loan
The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages

Offer

Ask (someone) to marry you;
He popped the question on Sunday night
She proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months
The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman

Offer

Threaten to do something;
I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal

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