tenderable

American  

[ten-der-uh-buhl] / ˈtɛn dər ə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being tendered tender or offered in payment, as money or goods.

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Other Word Forms

• tenderability noun

Etymology

Origin of tenderable

First recorded in 1880–85; tender ² + -able

Example Sentences

The nobles were at once made current and tenderable along with silver, by proclamation; gold being ordered to be received in payment of 20s. and upwards.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

Thaler to be subdivided into 30 groschens 12 pfennige; the latter tenderable only up to 1⁄6 thaler.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

In the original plan, as drafted soon after the conclusion of peace, the new gold coinage proposed was intended not to be tenderable, for the meantime, in private commerce.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

It was ordered that in payments up to 400 livres not more than 10 livres should be tenderable in billon, and for payments of more than 400 livres not more than 1⁄40 of the total.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

The lowest grade tenderable used to be “low middling,” but since October 1901 “good ordinary” has also been accepted.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various