proffer
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proffer/ˈprɒfə(r)/
▶verb hold out for acceptance; offer. ▶noun literary an offer or proposal.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. proffrir, from L. pro- ‘before’ + offerre ‘to offer’.
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