tendered
Americanadjective
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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.
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Commerce.
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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.
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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.
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offered or proffered.
The value of this graciously tendered gift is so great that we don’t dare squander it.
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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
Etymology
Origin of tendered
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
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Perry cited personal reasons for his resignation, tendered on July 25.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The American company said it was offering 0.092 new shares for each Segro share tendered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
This takes Frasers’s holding in Hugo Boss to about 30.28%, excluding additional shares tendered into the takeover offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
On 24 June, Donaldson asked for his knighthood to be forfeited and tendered his resignation from the Privy Council with immediate effect.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The greatest jolt came when Dr. Moroka tendered a humiliating plea in mitigation to Judge Rumpff and took the witness stand to renounce the very principles on which the ANC had been founded.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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