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ten·der 1       (těn'dər)  Pronunciation Key  adj.   ten·der·er, ten·der·est Easily crushed or bruised; fragile: a tender petal. Easily chewed or cut: tender beef. Easily hurt; sensitive: tender skin. Painful; sore: a tender tooth. Considerate and protective; solicitous: a tender mother; his tender concern. Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving: a tender glance; a tender ballad. Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft: a tender heart. Young and vulnerable: of tender age. Frail; delicate. Sensitive to frost or severe cold; not hardy: tender green shoots. Easily hurt; sensitive: tender skin. Painful; sore: a tender tooth. Considerate and protective; solicitous: a tender mother; his tender concern. Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving: a tender glance; a tender ballad. Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft: a tender heart. Considerate and protective; solicitous: a tender mother; his tender concern. Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving: a tender glance; a tender ballad. Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft: a tender heart. Nautical Likely to heel easily under sail; crank. tr.v.   ten·dered, ten·der·ing, ten·ders To make tender. Archaic To treat with tender regard. [Middle English, from Old French tendre, from Latin tener; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] ten'der·ly adv., ten'der·ness n.

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ten·der 2       (těn'dər)  Pronunciation Key  n.   A formal offer, as: Law An offer of money or service in payment of an obligation. A written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid. Something, especially money, offered in payment. tr.v.   ten·dered, ten·der·ing, ten·ders To offer formally: tender a letter of resignation. See Synonyms at offer. [From French tendre, to offer, from Old French, from Latin tendere, to hold forth, extend; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] ten'der·er n.

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tend·er 3       (těn'dər)  Pronunciation Key  n.   One who tends something: a lathe tender. Nautical A vessel attendant on other vessels, especially one that ferries supplies between ship and shore. A railroad car attached to the rear of a locomotive and designed to carry fuel and water.

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tender  (adj.)

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tender  (v.)

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tender
adjective
1.	given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother" [ant: tough]
2.	hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive]
3.	young and immature; "at a tender age"
4.	having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate]
5.	easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" [ant: tough]
6.	physically untoughened; "tender feet" [ant: tough]
7.	(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn: crank]
8.	(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"
noun
1.	something that can be used as an official medium of payment
2.	someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another [syn: attendant]
3.	a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid]
4.	car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5.	a boat for communication between ship and shore
6.	ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
verb
1.	offer or present for acceptance
2.	propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" [syn: offer]
3.	make a tender of; in legal settlements
4.	make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat"

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tender

see leave to someone's tender mercies.

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tender ten·der (těn'dər)
adj. ten·der·er, ten·der·est

1. Easily crushed or bruised; fragile.
2. Easily hurt; sensitive.
3. Painful; sore.

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Tender

1. To accept a formal offer, such as a takeover bid or tender offer.

2. Means of settlement in a financial transaction.

3. A bid to buy treasury bills.

4. Notice from a futures contract seller to offer money or goods for settlement of a futures contract.

Investopedia Commentary

This term is very dependent upon context, make sure you understand the situation it is used in.

See also: Acquisition, Hedged Tender, Hostile Takeover, Takeover, Tender Offer

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tender

To offer a security for sale to a party that is making an offer to buy it. For example, a stockholder may decide to tender shares to the issuing firm as part of the company's buyback. See also hedged tender.

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Main Entry: ten·der
Function: noun
1 a : an act or instance of tendering b : an unconditional offer of payment or performance (as in discharge of an obligation) that is coupled with a manifestation of willingness and ability to follow through (as by producing a check) c : TENDER OF DELIVERY tender>
2 : something offered in payment or performance; specifically : MONEY tender required> —see also LEGAL TENDER

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Main Entry: tender
Function: verb
Etymology: Anglo-French tendre to offer, propose for acceptance, literally, to stretch, hold out, from Old French, from Latin tendere
transitive verb 1 a : to make a tender of <tender goods> <tender delivery> <tender payment> <tender performance> b : to offer as an amount in settlement of a claim by an injured party against an insured
NOTE: An insurance company might be obligated to tender the limits of a policy to an injured party when a higher amount is likely to be awarded at trial.
2 : to extend for acceptance or consideration (as in proof of something) esp. in a proceeding <tender a plea to the court> <tender an issue>
3 : to offer for sale <tender shares> intransitive verb : to offer securities for sale tender>

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Tender

Tend"er\, n. [From Tend to attend. Cf. Attender.]

1. One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

2. (Naut.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.

3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.

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Ten"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tendering.] [F. tendre to stretch, stretch out, reach, L. tendere. See Tend to move.]

1. (Law) To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.

2. To offer in words; to present for acceptance.

You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . . tender down Their services to Lord Timon. --Shak.

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Tender

Ten"der\, n. 1. (Law) An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.

Note: To constitute a legal tender, such money must be offered as the law prescribes. So also the tender must be at the time and place where the rent or debt ought to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due.

2. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.

A free, unlimited tender of the gospel. --South.

3. The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation. --Shak.

Legal tender. See under Legal.

Tender of issue (Law), a form of words in a pleading, by which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it to the appropriate mode of decision. --Burrill.

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Tender

Ten"der\, a. [Compar. Tenderer; superl. Tenderest.] [F. tendre, L. tener; probably akin to tenuis thin. See Thin.]

1. Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.

2. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces. --L'Estrange.

3. Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.

The tender and delicate woman among you. --Deut. xxviii. 56.

4. Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. --James v. 11.

I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper. --Fuller.

5. Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

I love Valentine, Whose life's as tender to me as my soul! --Shak.

6. Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of. "Tender of property." --Burke.

The civil authority should be tender of the honor of God and religion. --Tillotson.

7. Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.

You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, Will never do him good. --Shak.

8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.

9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject. "Things that are tender and unpleasing." --Bacon.

10. (Naut.) Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.

Note: Tender is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tender-footed, tender-looking, tender-minded, tender-mouthed, and the like.

Syn: Delicate; effeminate; soft; sensitive; compassionate; kind; humane; merciful; pitiful.

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Tender

Ten"der\, n. [Cf. F. tendre.] Regard; care; kind concern. [Obs.] --Shak.

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Ten"der\, v. t. To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value. [Obs.]

For first, next after life, he tendered her good. --Spenser.

Tender yourself more dearly. --Shak.

To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our western princes tendered his case, which they counted might be their own. --Fuller.