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

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tendered

Perry cited personal reasons for his resignation, tendered on July 25.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 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

In addition, it disclosed that banks have tendered 11.17% of shares and retail investors tendered 0.05%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

On June 10, Commerzbank said it was not able to identify a single institutional investor that had tendered shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Many women tendered their resignations during their pregnancies and reapplied to the laboratory when they were ready to work again, hoping they would find a way to wrangle back their old jobs.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly