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
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
He has also tendered his resignation from the Privy Council with immediate effect.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The ex-Manchester mayor was clapped and cheered as some 200 Labour MPs welcomed him back to parliament after a nine-year absence for his swearing in on Monday, hours after Starmer tendered his resignation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Consulting contracts were tendered by Eastman Kodak, General Electric, and the American Cyanamid Company, and invitations flowed in to serve on government committees, to lecture, to testify before Congress.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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