offer one’s thanks—express one’s gratitude:
- First and foremost, I offer my thanks to John Meredith, who bore with me through the often frustrating production process.
thanks offering—donation made to a charity, a religious organization, etc. as an expression of gratitude:
- In early Bible times the Israelites set aside part of their crops (grain, grapes and olive oil) as a thanks offering to God.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the compound thanksgiving—
1. expression of gratitude, especially to God; form of prayer for this:
- The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three day “thank you” festivity to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe.
2. (US) a day set apart each year for thanks to God for His goodness (usually the fourth Thursday in November):
- When they return from their Thanksgiving recesses, the Congress and the Senate will be bickering over the budget bills.