tender
verb/ˈtendə(r)/
/ˈtendər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tender | /ˈtendə(r)/ /ˈtendər/ |
| he / she / it tenders | /ˈtendəz/ /ˈtendərz/ |
| past simple tendered | /ˈtendəd/ /ˈtendərd/ |
| past participle tendered | /ˈtendəd/ /ˈtendərd/ |
| -ing form tendering | /ˈtendərɪŋ/ /ˈtendərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] tender (for something) to make a formal offer to supply goods or do work at a stated price
- Local firms were invited to tender for the building contract.
- competitive tendering
- [transitive] tender something (to somebody) (formal) to offer or give something to somebody
- He has tendered his resignation to the prime minister.
Word Originverb mid 16th cent. (as a legal term meaning ‘formally offer a plea or evidence, or money to discharge a debt’, also as a noun denoting such an offer): from Old French tendre, from Latin tendere ‘to stretch, hold forth’.
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