# offers (proposal)

to give something to a person so they may take it

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: transaction  ·  Arena: exchange

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [give](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-give.transfer), [take](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-take.acquisition), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social)

**Through:** the giver gives a thing while the receiver is able to take it, forming a proposal

**Novel properties:**
- proposal structure
- mutual readiness between giver and receiver
- social offer dynamic

## Examples
- In 2023, Tesla offered 10,000 employees stock options valid for ten years. *(economics)*
- The Linux 2.6 kernel offered modules to load drivers dynamically at runtime. *(computing)*
- During the 1948 Berlin Airlift, Allied planes offered food and fuel to West Berliners daily for 15 months. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [menu](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-menu.list) (L11)
- [seller](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-seller.commercial) (L9)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-offers.proposal.json*  
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