proffer
C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law verb
To formally offer evidence or testimony for the court's acceptance.
Defence counsel proffered the diary entries, but the judge reserved on admissibility.
Business verb
To put forward or offer something for acceptance or consideration.
She proffered a compromise on royalties that neither side had previously contemplated.
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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