See Also: tender(1)(dictionary)
Tender(finance)
tender(2)(dictionary)
tender(3)(dictionary)
tender(4)(dictionary)
tender(5)(dictionary)
Self tender(finance)
Tender(money)
Tender(medicine)
Self Tender(money)

tender(5) (iou)



tender verb2. M16.
[Old & mod. French tendre from Latin tendere stretch, hold forth (cf. TEND verb2). For the unusual retention of the French inf. ending cf. RENDER verb.]
verb trans.
a. Law. Formally offer or advance (a plea, an averment, evidence, etc.); spec. offer (money etc.) to discharge a debt or liability. M16.
b. Lay down (money) in payment. rare. Only in E17.
transf.: Shakespeare Measure for Measure Had he twenty heads to tender down On twenty bloody blocks, he'd yield them up.
verb trans. gen. Present (anything) for approval or acceptance; offer, proffer. L16.
tender an oath verb phr. trans. & intrans. offer or present an oath (to a person); challenge (a person) to take an oath.
J. Buchan I wanted to pay her for the milk and tendered a sovereign. R. Park My resignation was accepted almost before I'd tendered it.
verb intrans. Commerce. Make a tender for a proposed contract to supply goods or carry out work. Usu. foll. by for. Cf. TENDER noun2 3. M19.
tenderable adjective (Commerce) that may be tendered; available on fulfilment of contract: M19.
tenderer noun2 a person who tenders or makes a formal offer, esp. for a proposed contract M17.