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offer

noun

B1CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

A clear expression of willingness to contract on stated terms, made with the intention that it will become binding once accepted.

The email set out a firm price and delivery date, so the court held it was a valid offer rather than a mere invitation to treat.

Similar: proposal

Topic: Contracts in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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