accept an offer

Meaning

To formally agree to a proposal, bid, or job invitation. It is widely used in recruitment, sales negotiations, and general business transactions when one party officially agrees to the terms proposed by another.

Examples

• She was thrilled to accept an offer for the senior marketing manager position.

  She was thrilled to accept an offer for the senior marketing manager position.

• Our company decided to accept an offer from a major competitor.

  Our company decided to accept an offer from a major competitor.

• Before you accept an offer, make sure you negotiate the salary and benefits.

  Before you accept an offer, make sure you negotiate the salary and benefits.

• They had to accept an offer below their asking price because the market was slow.

  They had to accept an offer below their asking price because the market was slow.

• The board of directors met yesterday to decide whether to accept an offer of merger.

  The board of directors met yesterday to decide whether to accept an offer of merger.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I decided to accept to their offer.

  ✓ I decided to accept their offer.

  The verb 'accept' is transitive and does not take the preposition 'to' before its direct object.

• ✗ After the interview, she accepted a job proposal.

  ✓ After the interview, she accepted a job offer.

  In professional recruitment, 'offer' (or 'job offer') is the natural collocation, not 'proposal'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• It took him three days to decide whether to ___ from the tech startup.

  💡 agree to a job proposal

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  accept an offer

• The seller was happy to ___ from the buyers.

  💡 agree to a bid or proposal

  Show answer

  accept an offer