tendered

[ ten-derd ]

adjective

1. presented formally for acceptance:

   The tendered resignation will be effective immediately on being accepted by the Board.

   Any light the tendered evidence could shed on the defendant's guilt or innocence was minimal.

2. Commerce.
   1. relating to or specified in a bid or offer made in writing by one party to another to execute certain work, supply certain commodities, etc., for a stated price:

      The tendered cost for the work was $597,600.

   2. being a project for which a request for such bids is issued:

      As with any openly tendered project in the public domain, the government was forced to go with the lowest bidder.

3. offered or proffered:

   The value of this graciously tendered gift is so great that we don’t dare squander it.

4. Law. offered in payment of a debt or other obligation, especially in exact accordance with the terms of the law and of the obligation:

   All validly tendered shares have been accepted for payment.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of tender ².

Word History and Origins

Origin of tendered¹

First recorded in 1870–75; tender ²( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; tender ²( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

They’re soaked overnight, cooked until tender, then combined with a powerful sauce made of onion, tomato, spices and ghee, with cream or sometimes yogurt stirred in before serving.

From Washington Post

Magically, duck meat cooked in a bath of its own fat becomes fall-off-the-bone tender, and not at all greasy.

From Washington Post

That leaves a lot of wiggle room with many holes to fill in free agency, and the number could shrink depending on upcoming non-tender decisions.

From Washington Post

This New Orleans-style Thanksgiving po’ boy is the answer to all your holiday leftoversScoop into it and you get to the tender quinoa studded with pieces of autumnal roasted vegetables, all moistened and married in a light, creamy cheese sauce.

From Washington Post

Those are accompanied in this memoir by a glint-in-his-eye tone, and the sneakiest of snark hidden here and there, but that’s often tendered by tenderness.

From Washington Blade

The end of this story is that he has tendered his resignation.

From The Daily Beast

He further tendered his opinion of the high-capacity magazines that the NRA has fought so hard to keep on the market.

From The Daily Beast

Toughness tendered with diplomatic compromises led to winning without war.

From The Daily Beast

With no other option, Law tendered his resignation to Pope John Paul II and slinked off to Rome.

From The Daily Beast

She took a cigarette from the gayly tendered case and smoked for a few moments in silence.

From Project Gutenberg

On arriving he tendered the driver sixpence, which was strictly the fare, though but scant remuneration for the distance.

From Project Gutenberg

They found that he had tendered his resignation, and that it had been, after a long struggle, accepted.

From Project Gutenberg

Their labors were so faithful and efficient, that a vote of thanks was tendered them by the Committee.

From Project Gutenberg

Ronald Hope came up with a respectful bow, and tendered the card to the queen.

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