Wiktionary simplewiktionary https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.46.0-wmf.23 case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk tender 0 28770 558362 541148 2026-04-12T21:27:28Z 0x48fe75df30 54137 /* Verb */ 558362 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{UK}} {{IPA|/ˈtɛn.də(r)/}} * {{US}} {{IPA|/ˈtɛn.dɚ/}} * {{audio|en-us-tender.ogg|US}} * {{hyph|ten|der}} == Adjective == {{adj|tender|tenderer|tenderest}} # [[sensitive]], [[painful]] when [[touched]] # (''of food'') [[soft]] and easy to [[chew]] # [[loving]], [[gentle]] # a [[means]] of [[paying]] for something === Related words === * [[tenderize]]/[[tenderise]] * [[tenderizer]]/[[tenderiser]] == Noun == {{noun}} # {{countable}} A '''tender''' is an offer to do something at a fixed price. == Verb == {{verb}} # {{transitive}} {{formal}} to formally offer or show something to someone. #: As company secretary, you must '''tender''' the proposal. #:: '''tender something to somebody''' #: The seller has the right to keep the '''goods''' until payment is '''tendered to him'''. #: Minton '''tendered her resignation''' on Friday. # {{intransitive}} to make a formal offer to do a job or provide goods or services for a particular price #:: '''tender for''' #: We are unable to '''tender''' competitively '''for''' the contract. {{syn|bid}} 6ubyu56gvoddgdl96jsct7hotd9my54