单词 | offering |
释义 | offering (ɒfərɪŋ , US ɔːf- ) Word forms: offerings 1. countable noun An offering is something that is specially produced to be sold. It was very, very good, far better than vegetarian offerings in many a posh restaurant. [+ in] 2. countable noun An offering is a gift that people offer to their God or gods as a form of worship. ...the holiest of the Shinto rituals, where offerings are made at night to the great Sun. Synonyms: sacrifice, tribute, libation, burnt offering Collocations: company offers For instance, a spread-betting company offers a quote that a share will be sold at 2 in a week. Times, Sunday Times A third of customers buy their cars over the phone and the company offers finance and insurance for purchases. Times, Sunday Times The company offers 200 destinations and 30,000 hotels. Times, Sunday Times The company offers a range of 11-month placements for undergraduates who are required to do work experience as part of their degree. Times, Sunday Times The company offers a burial service for horses as well and 350 of them are buried in its orchard. Times, Sunday Times It has also been helped by strong levels of investment in its digital offering and same-day delivery service. Times, Sunday Times Its digital offering also helped, with grocery online deliveries up 87 per cent and weekly orders increasing from 370,000 to 650,000. The Sun Atom's management argue that its digital offering could make it easier and cheaper for consumers to make the move. Times, Sunday Times The business there has been extensively reorganised, with investment in the digital offering. Times, Sunday Times Countrywide's attempts at a digital offering have been disappointing. Times, Sunday Times However, the show differs starkly from the channel's usual light entertainment offerings. Times, Sunday Times The development includes a 330,000-square-foot retail town center; office, residential and entertainment offerings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The city developed a reputation for its arts and entertainment offerings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It points to all the growth in this business being in non-food and an anaemic performance in the core food offering. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The food offering in spas is taking a different turn. Times, Sunday Times (2007) We ask all regular attenders to fill out one and drop it in the offering plate or mail it into the office. Christianity Today They may place the cards in the offering plate or give them to me at the door. Christianity Today I am not writing a check that large and putting it in the offering plate next week. Christianity Today With a look of joy and grace, she placed her few coins in the offering plate, said thank you, and turned slowly to struggle away. Christianity Today At offering time we ask them to pass the offering plate without giving any money, and we watch our terminology. Christianity Today The retailer's turnaround plan involves improving its online offering and making physical stores more engaging for customers. The Sun Yet sales increases grind on as the company finds further customers and expands its online offering. Times, Sunday Times The most successful are tipped to be retailers with a strong online offering. Times, Sunday Times He said the results showed the firm's success in improving its online offering, developing its own brands and investing in stores. The Sun A reduced dividend would be a blow for the income funds, but there are investors who would support a drop if the cash was invested in boosting its online offering. Times, Sunday Times So, it set up its own training programme offering core skills, support for professional qualifications and a career path. Times, Sunday Times Choice private town houses and flats now sit cheek by jowl with smartened-up council homes in a rebuilding programme offering 2,500 homes. Times, Sunday Times In addition, the retailer will launch an apprenticeship programme offering positions in engineering, logistics and warehousing roles in its centres nationwide. Times, Sunday Times Most of the shares will be placed with institutions but the company said that there would be a 10 per cent retail offering. Times, Sunday Times It hopes to develop its retail offering, where premiums rose by 13 per cent to 126 million. Times, Sunday Times Government attempts to lower expectations are a result of the as-yet unformalised plan to include a significant retail offering to the public. Times, Sunday Times Banking was ranked eighth in the index by sector, with food retail offering the best customer service and utilities the worst. Times, Sunday Times The local council has drawn up plans to redevelop the town centre to improve its retail offering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the conclusion of the first ritual offering, the eldest son would show his respects by performing a ritual bow twice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The last phase suggests ceremonial use; the most notable finding in this building was the ritual offering placed inside one of the walls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They discovered more jade artifacts, which were interpreted as ritual offerings, as well as pottery sherds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The matibug are the closest friends of human beings, but they can be troublesome if ritual offerings of propitiation are not made. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was disturbed in the yagna (sacrificial offering) by the demons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thus, to atone for these sins the perpetrators must have their blood shed upon the ground as a sacrificial offering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bread products were part of many sacrificial offerings from the ancient world, so they could have been part of a ritual. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sacrificial offerings to them could promote luck in hunting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They do not receive any sacrificial offerings from the faithful and no places of sacrifice are built for them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other seasonal offerings are make-ahead mash, spiced and super juicy turkey, and roast stuffed pumpkin with a gingery tomato sauce. The Sun Take our fun quiz and try to remember which year these seasonal offerings were shown and the brands behind them. The Sun Floral displays change regularly and feature seasonal offerings set amid greenery, moist air and the sounds of a waterfall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The share offering was twice oversubscribed, the company said. Times, Sunday Times In the past, banks could build interest in a new share offering in weeks. Times, Sunday Times Cash from its share offering will be used to accelerate its drilling programme. Times, Sunday Times Members of its board and management team plan to subscribe for shares in the share offering, the company said. Times,Sunday Times The chain's private equity owners attempted to float it in 2010 but the share offering was called off at the last minute. Times, Sunday Times A big stock offering to retail investors, who ended up with almost a sixth of the shares, and a modest first-day premium for those hoping to stag the issue. Times, Sunday Times The company went public when the initial stock offering was completed in 1982. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A stock offering and a sale of bonds would be followed by another then another to raise more capital, if banks would ccomodate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1996, the league made a stock offering, a rarity among sports leagues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1968, the company made its first public stock offering of 150,000 shares at $7.50 per share. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We can only speculate as to the carving's purpose — a votive offering, a toy perhaps. Times, Sunday Times The figurine's presence in its find location would then be a result of use as a votive offering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A votive offering was already occurring at the site by 1774. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A cist was found inside the circle, which had been robbed, as well a transparent blue glass, probably a later votive offering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may, instead, have been a personal collection or votive offering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 出售物 Japanese: 売り物 |
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