Meaning & use
offeror
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Meanings
nouncountablelegal
The party who proposes terms to another person and, if accepted, creates a binding agreement.
Grammar: Countable; pairs with offeree, the person receiving the offer.
Patterns
- the offeror of something
- an offeror to someone
The offeror may withdraw the proposal before the other party accepts it.
In the contract case, the offeror was a small building company.
The offeror stated that the price would stay open for ten days.
nouncountablebusiness
A person or company that submits a bid or proposal, for example to win a public contract or buy shares.
Grammar: Often used in procurement and takeover contexts.
Patterns
- the successful offeror
The government chose the lowest offeror for the road project.
Each offeror must submit its tender before noon on Friday.
The offeror in the takeover raised its price by five percent.
Word forms
| plural | offerors |
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Common combinations
- the offeror and the offeree
- Contract law distinguishes between the offeror and the offeree.
- successful offeror
- The successful offeror will be told within a week.
- offeror withdraws
- If the offeror withdraws before acceptance, there is no contract.
- qualified offeror
- Only a qualified offeror may bid for the contract.
- intention of the offeror
- The court looked at the intention of the offeror.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bidder
- Bidder is common in auctions and tenders, while offeror is the more precise legal term for the one proposing contract terms.
- proposer
- Proposer is a general word for the one making a suggestion and does not carry legal force.
- tenderer
- Tenderer is British and used for formal competitive bids for work or supply.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: offeror or offeree? offeror or offer?
offeror vs offeree
The offeree receives the offer; the offeror makes it. The spelling differs by only a few letters, so careful reading matters.
offeror vs offer
Offer is the everyday word; offeror is its legal version for the person making one.
Practice
In a contract dispute, who is the offeror?
Choose one answer.
The offeror makes the offer. The person receiving it is the offeree, and a judge or lawyer is not a party to the offer.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “offeror”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.