TENDERED Definition & Meaning

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[ ten-derd ]

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adjective

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

the simple past tense and past participle of tender ².

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�y��vlog 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

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At the same meeting, the city attorney tendered his resignation and the mayor tried to end the meeting by threatening to walk out — all to a chorus of snarky comments and jeers of irate residents.

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On Wednesday, the country's defence minister Kim Yong-hyun tendered his resignation and said he would take full responsibility for the martial law.

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Despite the seeming resistance to his nomination, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shared that Gaetz has already tendered his resignation from the House.

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Editorial board members Robert Greene and Karin Klein tendered their resignations from The Times the following day.

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Ms Higgins has tendered evidence that shows Ms Reynolds repeatedly leaked confidential information about her to the press.

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