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Compound of dame + offer.
- IPA(key): /ˈdaː.məˌɔ.fər/
- Hyphenation: da‧me‧of‧fer
dameoffer n (plural dameoffers)
- (chess) a queen sacrifice
- (figurative, politics) an ultimate sacrifice (an offer for a comprise in which the petitioner concedes far-reaching concessions)
