26984 words

tender

26 definitions • 39 examples
1
gentle, loving, or kind:

Examples:

a tender look/smile
What you need is some tender loving care.
2
(of part of the body) painful, sore, or uncomfortable when touched:

Examples:

My arm was very tender after the injection.
3
(of meat or vegetables) easy to cut or chew (= crush with the teeth):

Examples:

My steak was beautifully tender.
4
Tender plants are easily damaged by cold weather.
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Examples:

He was sent off to boarding school at the tender age of seven.
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If you tender for a job, you make a formal offer to do it for a stated price:

Examples:

Five companies have tendered for the hospital contract.
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If you tender for something such as shares, you make a formal offer to buy them for a stated price.
8
to give or offer something:

Examples:

Please tender the exact fare.
The health minister has tendered her resignation (= has offered to leave her job).
9
a written or formal offer to supply goods or do a job for an agreed price:

Examples:

The council has invited tenders for the building contract.
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If you put work out to tender, you ask people to make offers to do it:

Examples:

Education departments in all the prisons are being put out to tender.
12
a vehicle used for transporting water, wood, or coal, especially one that is pulled behind a railway engine or used by the fire service
13
a small boat that is used for transporting people or goods from the land to a larger boat or from the larger boat to the land:

Examples:

The SS Nomadic was a tender to the ill-fated liner, Titanic.
14
a small piece of chicken breast meat, usually breaded and fried, or a cut of chicken from the tenderloin:

Examples:

chicken tenders
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Examples:

He gave her a tender kiss.
16
easily hurt; painful:

Examples:

My arm was very tender after the injection.
17
(of food) easily cut or chewed:

Examples:

My steak was juicy and tender.
18
young and not experienced:

Examples:

At the tender age of 17, he joined the army.
19
to offer something, usually in writing, or to make an offer in writing to do something:

Examples:

The Secretary wants to leave but has not yet tendered his resignation.
This is the richest contract ever tendered to a baseball player.
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a formal offer, esp. to buy something
21
a written or formal offer to supply goods or do a job for an agreed price:

Examples:

receive a tender Competitive tenders must be received by 1 p.m.
invite tenders (to do/for sth) Morocco is inviting tenders to build two wind farms.
submit a tender (to do/for sth) The company said it will submit tenders to develop three oil fields in the area.
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a method of choosing the best company to supply goods or do a job by asking several companies to make offers for the work:

Examples:

win a tender (for/to do sth) The company won a tender to start an analogue cellular network.
put sth out to tender The drilling rights have been put out to tender.
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an occasion when a company sells new shares to those who make offers for them above a particular lowest price. The company calculates the strike price (= final price to be paid) in relation to the total demand and the prices offered:

Examples:

All tenders above the strike price will be accepted.
Shares in the insurance group will be sold through tenders.
They made a cash tender of $15.50 per share.
The share tender was over-subscribed.
If you buy shares in the retail tender offer, they will be free of transfer charges for up to 42 days after allocation.
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to make a formal offer to supply goods or do a job for an agreed price:

Examples:

It will be better still if competitors in poor countries can tender successfully.
tender to do sth The company is tendering to clean the Millennium Dome.
tender for sth Next month companies will be invited to tender for a new international telecommunications system.
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to make a formal offer to buy or sell shares at a stated price:

Examples:

Unit holders are under no obligation to tender their shares.
About 7 million of their shares had been tendered under the offer.
tender sth to sb/sth The company tendered its shares to BP for 500p cash.
tender into sth They gave security holders an additional opportunity to tender into the offer.
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to give or offer something:

Examples:

You will have no option but to tender your resignation.
He tendered a delivery note for signature.
She tendered a plea of no contest.
tender sth as sth A check was tendered as payment.

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