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tender
verb /ˈten.dər/
/-dɚ/ Definition
› [I] If you tender for a job, you make a formal offer to do it for a stated price: Five companies have tendered for the hospital contract.Recruiting staff, applying for and accepting jobs › [I] specialized If you tender for something such as shares, you make a formal offer to buy them for a stated price.Competing and contending (non-sporting)Competing in sport › [T] formal to give or offer something: Please tender the exact fare. The health minister has tendered her resignation (= has offered to leave her job).Giving, providing and supplying
(Definition of tender verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anoint verb (FOR A JOB)
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