proffer. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

proffer

SYLLABICATION:	prof·fer
PRONUNCIATION:	prfr
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: prof·fered, prof·fer·ing, prof·fers To offer for acceptance; tender. See synonyms at offer.
NOUN:	The act of proffering; an offer.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English profren, from Old French poroffrir, profrir : por-, forth (from Latin pr-; see pro–¹) + offrir, to offer (from Latin offerre; see offer).
OTHER FORMS:	proffer·er —NOUN


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