twofer

6 8.8

A special offer where you get two items for the price of one

noun
/ˈtuːfər/

Slang

: oferta dos por uno

The Obama campaign thought they had a "twofer" with this ad: "Bain fired this man and his wife died for lack of Obamacare."
get a twofer
scoring a twofer
give you a twofer

Examples

I found a great twofer deal on shoes during the sale, so I bought two pairs for the price of one.
At the grocery store, they had a twofer promotion on pizzas, making it a perfect dinner choice for my family.
But with your job, I got a twofer.

Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
There was a twofer sale at Goodwill.

We're All in This Together (2022)
WASHINGTON -- Faced with 6,000 job openings and Congress at loggerheads over whether to admit more skilled workers from overseas, Microsoft has offered a twofer solution: charging employers millions of dollars for the right to hire more foreigners and using the money for training to eventually fill those jobs with Americans.

Blog text (13)
Research centers like Susan G. Komen for the Cure are selling pink ribbon merchandise, and it's a twofer—retail therapy and donating to a cause that affects millions.

Blog text (8)
Don't miss the twofer offer at that restaurant; you can enjoy two entrees for the price of one.

Synonyms

BOGO

vstwofer

Jargon

1 3.5

A sales deal where you buy one item and get a second one free

means getting two items for the single item's price

How Many

bundle

104 2.3

twofer

Slang

6 8.8

Surface Forms

twofer singular

twofers plural

Morphology

twofer = two + one (transparent) = two + fer

Meaning is directly derived from the phrase 'two for one' (two + for + one), so the composition and sense are clear to learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'for' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Twofer comes from the spoken phrase 'two for one', said quickly as two-fer. That's why a twofer is a special deal where you get two items for the price of one.