reoffer

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noun

An offer that has been made before.

“The reoffer was only good for a limited time, the same as the original offer had been.”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounreoffer (plural reoffers)

plural reoffers

  1. An offer that has been made before.

    The reoffer was only good for a limited time, the same as the original offer had been.

verbreoffer (third-person singular simple present reoffers, present participle reoffering, simple past and past participle reoffered)

present singular third person reoffers · participle present reoffering · participle past reoffered · past reoffered

  1. To offer again.

    For nostalgia, the maker decided to reoffer the product the way it had been in the 1930s.

  2. CanadagovernmentTo campaign for elected office on a second or subsequent occasion, esp. in the context of declining to do so.

    Meanwhile, in the riding of Cape Breton-Canso, Rodger Cuzner also plans to reoffer.

    2018 July 11, Jeremy Fraser, “Sydney-Victoria MP to reoffer”, in Cape Breton Post (news)
    1 more example

    "I am announcing that I will not be reoffering as the candidate in the riding of Malpeque in the next federal election."

    2021 June 14, Sara Fraser, “'It's been an honour': Wayne Easter announces he won't reoffer in next federal election”, in CBC News (news)

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishoffer
  7. Englishreoffer

From re- + offer.

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APA

reoffer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reoffer

MLA

“reoffer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reoffer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reoffer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reoffer.

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