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tender offer

noun

  1. a public offer to purchase stock of a corporation from its shareholders at a certain price within a stated time limit, often in an effort to win control of the company.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tender offer1

First recorded in 1960–65

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Example Sentences

She may be under the necessity of writing to decline a tender offer made to her by a gentleman.

Instead, He sends you once more by me, even now—even fresh from this new defiance of His mercy, the tender offer of His grace!

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