Reoffer

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To present again for consideration or acceptance after an initial proposal has been made
2. To offer something once more, often in response to a previous rejection or change in circumstances
3. To extend a proposition anew, usually when prior terms were not agreed upon or when conditions have shifted

Etymology: "Reoffer" is simply "re-" attached to "offer," with the sense of putting something forward again. The "re-" prefix comes from Latin, where it meant "back" or "again," and it has been productive in English for centuries, so "reoffer" needs no special story. The interesting part is what "offer" carries inside it. That word traces back through Old French and Middle English to Latin "offerre," meaning "to bring before" or "to present," built from "ob-" (toward) and "ferre" (to carry). The original picture is of carrying something up to someone and setting it in front of them. Read that way, "reoffer" means carrying the same thing back to the table after it was set down. It fits the situation the definition describes: a proposal that failed to win agreement, or that circumstances have since changed, is presented once more. Both parts of the word are old and ordinary, and the combination is a transparent one.

Synonyms: resubmit, restate, propose again, re-present, renew