Use of "offer" here
Hi:
I have some questions about the word "offer", please. Although I've read definitions of it provided by online dictionaries, I still am confused about some of its usages.
1. Of something: to be under offer
Example: "The property is under offer to a client", meaning somebody has offered to buy it at a particular price. (How should I rewrite it if I want to mention this price? "The property is under offer to a client for/at, say, £ 5000"?)
2. They offered me an offer that I couldn't refuse. (Does the first "offer" here mean that they provided me with...? And What does the second "offer" mean in the sentence. I know that it's a noun, but I'm not so sure about its meaning. So, please help!)
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Laborious The property is under offer to a client for/at, say, £ 5000"? I would probably use 'at' rather than 'for' in this context but I don't have any problem with either formulation. Laborious They offered me an offer that I couldn't refuse.
- Laborious The property is under offer to a client for/at, say, £ 5000"?
- I would probably use 'at' rather than 'for' in this context but I don't have any problem with either formulation.
- Laborious They offered me an offer that I couldn't refuse.
- This is the kind of repetition that sounds really bad in English.
- ' Laborious And What does the second "offer" mean in the sentence.
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LaboriousThe property is under offer to a client for/at, say, £ 5000"?
I would probably use 'at' rather than 'for' in this context but I don't have any problem with either formulation.
LaboriousThey offered me an offer that I couldn't refuse.
This is the kind of repetition that sounds really bad in English. Instead
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