tendered

American  

[ten-derd] / ˈtɛn dərd /

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.

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verb

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

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

Tendered just three days after the filing deadline, that resignation left it up to the board, not the voters, to decide who would fill out the last two years of Patu’s term.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2019

I deemed the subject worthy of attention, The more so as a very fat commission Would be gained by it, so as almoner I Tendered my service.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Impatient he cursed at first, but mended Being anointed and all; though a heavenlier heart began some Months earlier, since I had our sweet reprieve and ransom Tendered to him.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour