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offering

of·fer·ing

offering

 
pronunciation:
aw f rIng
part of speech: noun
definition 1: An offering is something that someone presents for someone else to take or buy.
Our offering for the family picnic was a large watermelon.
similar words:
bid
definition 2: An offering is something presented to a god as a gift in order to show love or obedience.
Mr. Tanaka made an offering to the gods, hoping for good luck in the coming year.