when it comes to equity and debt offerings the offering price is the price at which publicly issued securities are offered for purchase by the investment bank underwriting the issue when startups decide to ipo or make their initial public offering this offer price is estimated to be at the sweet spot where there are both demands from buyers who are interested and willing to purchase stock investments in the company as well as considerations for the supply of stock available 
similarly a tender offer is an offer to buy a company s stock or debt from existing stockholders and bondholders at a specified price and during a set period the term offer is also used to refer to the package an employer or company will make to a potential employee comprising of the full salary healthcare and benefits package and any other incentives such as a sign on bonus or restricted stock units rsus other types of offersthe term offer is a general one used to describe any kind of official bid or listing price in financial transactions as discussed in detail above other kinds of offers include tender offers conditional offers open offers subject offers and entitlement offers 