1. A formal offer, as: a.Law An offer of money or service in payment of an obligation. b. A written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid. 2. Something, especially money, offered in payment.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: ten·dered, ten·der·ing, ten·ders To offer formally: tender a letter of resignation. See synonyms at offer.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French tendre, to offer, from Old French, from Latin tendere, to hold forth, extend. See ten- in Appendix I.
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