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What (who) is tender - definition
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Tenders; Tender (disambiguation)
Tender
·noun Regard; care; kind concern.
II. Tender ·superl Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
III. Tender ·superl Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
IV. Tender ·vt To offer in words; to present for acceptance.
V. Tender ·superl Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
VI. Tender ·superl Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure;
- with of.
VII. Tender ·superl Heeling over too easily when under sail;
- said of a vessel.
VIII. Tender ·noun One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
IX. Tender ·noun A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.
X. Tender ·superl Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.
XI. Tender ·superl Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
XII. Tender ·noun The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an Obligation.
XIV. Tender ·superl Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.
XV. Tender ·noun A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.
XVI. Tender ·noun Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.
XVII. Tender ·vt To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.
XVIII. Tender ·superl Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
XIX. Tender ·superl Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
XX. Tender ·noun An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.
tender
tender1
¦ adjective (tenderer, tenderest)
1. gentle and sympathetic.
(tender of) archaic solicitous of.
2. (of food) easy to cut or chew.
3. (of a part of the body) sensitive.
4. young and vulnerable: the tender age of five.
5. requiring tact or careful handling.
6. Nautical (of a ship) inclined to roll in response to the wind.
Phrases
tender mercies ironic attention or treatment not in the best interests of its recipients.
Derivatives
tenderly adverb
tenderness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. tendre, from L. tener 'tender, delicate'.
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tender2
¦ verb
1. offer or present formally.
(often tender for) make a formal written offer to carry out work, supply goods, etc. for a stated fixed price.
2. offer as payment.
¦ noun a tendered offer.
Phrases
put something out to tender seek tenders to carry out work, supply goods, etc.
Derivatives
tenderer noun
Origin
C16: from OFr. tendre, from L. tendere (see tend1).
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tender3
¦ noun
1. a vehicle used by a fire service or the armed forces for carrying supplies or fulfilling a specified role.
2. a boat used to ferry people and supplies to and from a ship.
3. a truck closely coupled to a steam locomotive to carry fuel and water.
4. a person who tends a machine, place, or other people.
Origin
tender
I
adj. tender to, towards, with
II
n.
offer, bid
(esp. BE)
1) to make, put in, send in, submit a tender
2) to invite tenders
3) a tender for
currency
4) legal tender
III
v.
1) (B) ('to offer') she tendered her resignation to the government
2) (BE) (d; intr.) to tender for ('to bid on') (to tender for the construction of a new motorway)
Examples of use of tender
1. Harel could bid on this tender and still participate in a similar tender for Maccabi Health Services now underway.
2. It‘s also no secret that the winner of any given tender is decided before the tender is even announced.
3. Among his many areas of responsibility were the light train tender for Tel Aviv, and the Hadera desalination tender.
4. Miller was also in charge of preparing the digital radio and television tender and the tender for natural gas supplies.
5. Professionals were divided over the Leumi tender.