You want to give something small, an object that says, "Hello, friend - I'm a modest offering that bespeaks admiration and affection!"

In the age of goat-cheese pizza with pineapple topping, this modest offering deserves support.

Of the three auction houses, Sotheby's had by far the most modest offerings.

And luxury cars are enormously profitable compared with a car maker's more modest offerings.

And this was one of the more modest offerings.

"Democracy and the News" is a more modest offering, clocking in at under 170 pages.

Warren is from Omaha, a true son of the America that makes the best of life's modest offerings.

More modest offerings often bring less than auction houses expect.

Several strong works among those by 25 artists compel attention, and the more modest offerings are at least material for discussion.

A "modest, reasonable and customary offering on an extraordinary occasion, such as a wedding, retirement or serious illness" is also allowed.