The phrase "a lower offer of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a proposal or bid that is less than another offer, typically in contexts like negotiations or sales.
Example: "After reviewing the bids, we decided to accept a lower offer of $10,000 from the second contractor."
Alternatives: "a reduced offer of" or "a lesser offer of".
Set up expectations for a lower offer by some of the points about possible problems.
The two companies dropped a bidding war in favor of Star's lower offer of $1.1 billion for NCL.
NEW YORK TIMES BITS Sundance Resources Agrees to $1.4 Billion Sale | The Australian mining company Sundance Resources accepted a lowered takeover offer of $1.42 billion from the Hanlong Group of China, with iron ore prices near a three-year low, Reuters reports.
The agreement caps a multiyear pursuit by Hertz, one that survived a rival bid by the Avis Budget Group and a rejection by Dollar Thrifty shareholders of an earlier, lower offer.
Though "Down with Love" is an achievement of a lower order of invention, it, too, offers a surprising, liberating payoff, which, in its own more modest way, hints at the enduring inseparability of mask and costume from the expression of the truest and deepest self.
A talented Celtic rock band that included fiddle, guitar, banjo and bouzouki (an eight-string instrument that looks like a mandolin but is an octave lower) offered such a rousing assortment of tunes about unrequited love and the mystical attraction fishermen feel for the sea and for Newfoundland that one bartender took time off from pumping beer to break into an Irish step dance.
The government's introduction of a market imperative is encouraging fiercer competition than ever before between institutions, while the policy allowing universities to recruit unlimited numbers of students with AAB grades at A-level makes it harder than ever for them to coalesce behind a principal of lower offers for some students in some circumstances.
But would those employers really want to replace what they have with a government program that would probably offer a lower level of benefits?
If that were the case, Mr. Yudof said, the university should be willing, if necessary, to invest in funds that offer a lower rate of return but that do not shy away from disclosure.
An analysis of 260 employers that suspended their 401(k) matching contributions in the depths of the recession has found that most have restored them, although some now offer a lower level of benefits.
