offering

From offer +‎ -ing.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑfəɹɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: of‧fer‧ing

offering (plural offerings)

1. gerund of offer
   1. The act by which something is offered.
   2. That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
   3. An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
      • 1995, Glen Dudbridge, Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China: a reading of Tai Fu's Kuang-i chi‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 69–70:

        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 food; he then protects and supports the administrators who are responsible.

   4. A contribution given at a religious service.
   5. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered, such as for sale
      • 1996, Caryn Franklin, Franklin on fashion:

        In recent seasons fetishwear has found its way onto the catwalk, with vinyl, PVC and lycra featuring among the most unlikely designer offerings.

• offer
• offertory
• oblate
• oblation

offering

1. present participle and gerund of offer
   • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

     The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", […] and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.

• offering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “offering”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “offering”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.